AJK police re-arrest two prisoners escaped from Rawalakot Jail
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Azad Kashmir Police succeeded in arresting the two prisoners who escaped from District Jail Rawalakot, the 24NewsHD TV Channel reported on Thursday.
A few days ago, 19 prisoners escaped from Rawalakot jail, and one of them was killed during the escape. Among those who escaped were more than seven death row inmates.
The channel reported that despite the passage of 30 hours, the Rawalakot police failed to arrest the escaped prisoners, after which the IG Azad Kashmir assigned the task of re-arresting the escaped prisoners to Additional SP Mirpur Khawar Ali Shaukat and SP Bagh Khurram Iqbal.
Both the SPs along with a heavy police force began large-scale raiding operations at various locations.
On the night between Wednesday and Thursday, the police team, led by SP Khawar Ali and SP Khurram Iqbal, arrested Usman, the most important absconding death row prisoner, during an operation in the nearby forest of Rawalakot.
Three police personnel were also injured in the operation and were discharged after receiving medical treatment at the local hospital.
As per the report, in a second police operation, the escaped prisoner Faizan Aziz was also arrested.
The police stated that operations are ongoing to arrest the remaining fugitive prisoners, and all will be apprehended soon.
Reporter: Syed Masood Gardizi