2 undertrials escape on way to jail

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE, APRIL 1. Two undertrials escaped from a KSRTC bus after assaulting four police escorts with knives near Nelamangala in Bangalore Rural District on Sunday.

Police said three undertrials were being brought back to Kolar jail after producing them before a court in Bellary on Friday. Two of them escaped. The three undertrials were wanted in 33 cases in Kolar and Bellary.

The names of the escaped undertrials were given as Raghunath Reddy from Tadapatri of Cuddappah District in Andhra Pradesh and Kumar from Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh. Anand, the other undertrial, could not escape as he was ``handcuffed and chained''.

The four policemen, Abdul Sattar, Chinnappa, Krishnaiah and Ramappa, attached to the District Armed Reserved police, Kolar, sustained knife injuries. They were admitted to Victoria Hospital and Minto Hospital in the City. Abdul Sattar's condition is said to critical.

Police said that the undertrials attacked policemen with knives when they were sleepy in the early hours. This led to a commotion, and the driver stopped the bus near Nelamangala. The two undertrials jumped out of the bus and escaped.

However, Chinnappa said that the incident occurred at about 4 a.m. The undertrials attacked them with knives after throwing chilli powder into their eyes.

However, it was not known how the undertrials managed to carry knives. It was also not known why the two undertrials were not ``handcuffed and chained'', and the reason for the delay in bringing them back to Kolar though they were produced before the court in Bellary on Friday.

Police said that the incident was a ``clear case of negligence'' on the part of the police escorts.

Alert sounded

Police said that a State-wide alert had been sounded, and their counterparts in Cuddapah and Chittoor had been alerted about the incident.

The three undertrials were wanted in cases of murder, robbery and dacoity. Most of the cases were reported from Kolar, police said.

A case has been registered in Nelamangala police station.

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