Agartala: The Tripura government has suspended five officials in connection with the escape of six inmates — five undertrial prisoners and one serving a life term — from a jail, officials said on Thursday.

With one more fugitive rearrested by the security forces on Thursday, so far two jailbreakers were apprehended while an intensive search is still underway for the second day on Thursday to nab the remaining four fleeing absconders.

A Jail Department official said that the Inspector General of Prisons has suspended Dhananjoy Bhattacharya, Jailor, and Pallab Kanti Bhowmik, Prashikhan Jamatia, Mohammad Gedu Mia and Notan Lodh, all Warders, in connection with the jailbreak of six inmates from the Dharmanagar Sub-Jail in North Tripura district on Wednesday morning.

Disciplinary proceeding

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