Soro (Balasore): A day after an undertrial prisoner escaped from Soro Jail in Balasore district, the Director General (Prison) Susant Kumar Nath today suspended two warders for dereliction of duty.

Confirming the action, DG Nath said the suspension followed preliminary findings suggesting negligence on the part of the staff. He also directed Additional DG Amitabh Thakur to visit the jail and conduct a detailed probe into the incident. Two Senior Superintendents of Jail have been included in the investigation team.

The escaped inmate, identified as Deepak Roy, an accused in a theft case, reportedly used blankets to scale the prison wall and flee from Ward No. 4 of the jail on Tuesday.

This marks the second jailbreak incident in the State within a month. Earlier, two prisoners had esca

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