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Skardu jailbreak: Jail staff detained after prisoner escapes

Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat (ASWJ) condemns jailbreak at a press conference.

Shabbir Mir January 13, 2013 Less than a minute read

Police sealed off all exit routes of the city and mounted a manhunt. ILLUSTRATION: AMNA IQBAL

GILGIT:

Authorities detained a dozen officials of Skardu prison on Saturday following the escape of a death-row prisoner.

Naveed Hussain, a resident of Gilgit, escaped from Skardu jail late Friday night. He was sentenced to death for killing an anti-terrorism court judge, Jamshed Khan and two others in 2005-6 in Gilgit city, about 300 kilometres from Skardu.

“A manhunt is ongoing, though the officials responsible have been detained and are being questioned,” a spokesperson for Gilgit–Baltistan chief minister told The Express Tribune.

Police sealed off all exit routes of the city and mounted a manhunt. “A special police team is conducting raids in different neighbourhoods,” said an official.

Meanwhile, Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat (ASWJ) condemned the jailbreak at a press conference. “We want all those who helped Hussain escape to be taken to task,” said ASWJ General Secretary Muhamad Nawaz.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 13^th, 2013.