VARANASI: A man accused of killing his wife pulled off a perfect Shawshank Redemption's Andy Dufresne-type con on prison authorities, siphoning off Rs 30 lakh from the back account of UP's Azamgarh district jail after walking out on bail with a prison cheque book on May 20, 2024. ASP (city) Madhuvan Kumar Singh said Saturday that an inquiry revealed the murder accused, Ramjit Yadav Yadav, with the help of another prisoner Shiv Shankar alias Gorakh, senior assistant Musheer Ahmad, and jail watchman Awdhesh Kumar Pandey, had transferred nearly Rs 30 lakh from the bank account operated by the jail superintendent into his own account. All four have been taken into custody, police said. The fraud came to light after jail superintendent Aditya Kumar Singh noticed a suspicious withdrawal of R

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