MIDNAPORE: Two undertrial prisoners, who were transferred from the Dum Dum Correctional Home, escaped from Midnapore Correctional Home on Monday. The duo, identified as Mithun Das (35) and Manojit Biswas alias Raju (31), were found missing when the correctional home officials were taking attendance on Monday evening.
Das, a resident of Barasat, and Biswas, a resident of Ultadanga in Kolkata, were transferred to the Midnapore Correctional Home on May 25. While they were earlier at the Dum Dum Correctional Home, the duo were transferred after there was a jail-break attempt at Dum Dum. According to police, they might have climbed the wall on Monday morning and escaped.
When the correctional home officials found the duo missing during evening attendance, they immediately alerted police. Officers from Kotowali PS started a search immediately after that. They had questioned the jail staff on duty and were trying to figure out if there was any involvement of an insider.
Police have started search operations with the photographs of the duo at Midnapore bust stand and railway station. The Midnapore Correctional Home authorities did not comment on the issue. Police said that they have come across some links that might help them to track the duo down.