Nine prisoners escape from Nagaland's Mon district jail

Nine prisoners have fled from the Mon district jail in Nagaland. A police official in Kohima said that the jail inmates comprising seven under-trials and two murder convicts escaped from the Mon district jail after midnight on Saturday after somehow getting hold of their cell keys and then overtaking the walls.

He said that a massive search operation in the entire Mon district and nearby areas to nab the prisoners. A look-out notice on Sunday was issued and alerted different agencies and all the police stations to keep a close vigil in their areas.

A case has been registered at Mon police station and the investigation is underway