- By Surarika Das
- Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:03 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
- Strict departmental action was recommended against senior jail superintendent Avinash Gautam
- The convict, identified as 22-year-old Dinesh, was sent to work in a farm adjoining the prison.
- This incident is more bothersome since this is the second since 2024 that the jail authorities have failed to prevent a jailbreak.
Bareilly Jailreak: In a shocking incident, a rape convict serving a life sentence escaped Bareilly Central Jail after scaling the walls of the prison complex while guards were busy watching reels on social media. Eleven officials of the prison have now been suspended over the incident, the report said. Jailer Neeraj Kumar and Deputy Jailer Vandana Chowdhary were suspended by Director General (Prisons) PC Meena.
Strict departmental action was recommended against senior jail superintendent Avinash Gautam. Seven low-ranking jail staffers were also suspended following this major breach in the security of this jail in Meerut. “Action has been taken against the personnel for dereliction of duty," the DG was quoted as saying by ToI.
The convict, identified as 22-year-old Dinesh, was sent to work in a farm adjoining the prison along with 45 other inmates. Ten guards were assigned to keep a watch over them. An official of the jail stated that the guards were distracted while on duty, which led to this embarrassing incident for the UP police.
“They were busy watching reels on their mobile phones instead of keeping watch over inmates. Dinesh used that lapse to scale the wall and escape," the official said, as quoted in the report.
Dinesh is a resident of the Nanheda village in Amroha. The police have reportedly formed squads to search for him. Searches are underway in Amroha and other possible hideouts.
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This incident is more bothersome since this is the second since 2024 that the jail authorities have failed to prevent a jailbreak. In October 2024, a jail inmate, Harpal, who was convicted for murder, had escaped somewhat similarly while working in the jail’s agricultural farm, according to a PTI report from that time.
Similar Cases
In a similar case, an under-trial prisoner escaped from Odisha’s Kalahandi district jail by scaling a 20-foot wall. The prisoner has been identified as Jagannath Sabar of Themra village under Bhawanipatna Sadar police station and was in the Bhawanipatna jail for the past two months. He was accused of three theft cases.
Jail superintendent Saroj Kumar Biswal said an investigation is underway regarding how the under-trial prisoner managed to escape from the jail on Tuesday night.
A 35-year-old undertrial prisoner, accused of murdering his wife, fled from a prison in western India's Rajasthan. The prisoner had been lodged in the Baran district jail since February 25.
The prisoner named Janved escaped by scaling a 20-foot-high electric fence using cables, according to jail officials. Kishan Chand Meena, the jailer of the Baran district jail, informed us that Janved used a cable of CCTV cameras as a rope to scale the fencing and chart his escape.