Two inmates who escaped from remand home in Jharkhand's Gumla brought back

Gumla, Sep 19 (PTI) Two inmates of a remand home in Jharkhand's Gumla district, who had escaped by scaling a 30-feet wall using bedsheets, were found on Friday noon, police said.

Gumla SP Haris Bin Zaman told PTI that the two inmates, who had been arrested for a petty crime earlier this week, scaled the wall around Thursday midnight, and escaped from the remand home.

"We scanned CCTV camera footage and identified the juveniles who had escaped. They had been arrested and brought to the remand home earlier this week for stealing nagaras (tribal drums) and do not have any prior criminal history. We had activated our intelligence unit and our team found them near their houses at Khariapara under Gumla Sadar police station limits and brought them back to the remand home," Zaman said.

The officer added that a detailed investigation would be carried out to probe security lapses and prevent such recurrence in future.

Repeated calls to Gumla jail superintendent Avinash Kumar went unanswered.

A police official deputed at the remand home said the wall is nearly 30 feet high with barbed wire installed at the top.

"The two inmates aged between 15-16 years had meticulously planned their escape. They tied bedsheets and hung them on the barbed wire to scale the wall and escape from the remand home. The guards are deputed on a rotational basis, and at any point in time, there are five personnel deputed at the remand home," the official said. PTI ANB MNB