Skardu jailbreak: Jail staff detained after prisoner escapes
Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat (ASWJ) condemns jailbreak at a press conference.
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 13th, 2013.
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 13th, 2013.