New Delhi: Convict Bity Mohanty recently made headlines by jumping parole following his conviction for raping a German woman. But he is not the only one who has played hide and seek with the police.
At least 44 prisoners of Tihar Jail in Delhi have gone missing in the last six years.
The prisoners, all serving life sentence, jumped parole and are still missing, the jail has informed the Delhi High Court in an affidavit.
Tihar's authorities submitted the affidavit on December 19 following an order of the High Court on December 12, which wanted detailed information about prisoners who had jumped parole.
These missing prisoners are all convicts in murder cases and had gone on parole at different times during the last six years, the authorities said in the affidavit to the court.
Earlier, hearing a case, Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice Arun Suresh had ordered Tihar authorities to furnish details on what steps have been taken to get the convicts back to the prison.
"We are told that there is no further coordination between the jail authorities and the police to find out whether steps have been taken to apprehend the convict," the court had stated in its order.
"Under these circumstances, we would like to know what steps have taken by the concerned authorities to apprehend the present appellant," the court had asked.
The jail writes to police authorities from time to time to arrest the missing prisoners, the jail's authorities replied in the affidavit.
Comments
0 comment