Jailbreak
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Soumya rape-murder case: Convict Govindachami recaptured hours after escape from Kannur Central jail
India | Jul 25, 2025, 12:18 PM ISTIn 2012, a special court in Thrissur sentenced him to death, a verdict upheld by the Kerala High Court. However, in 2016, the Supreme Court of India commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment, citing insufficient evidence to prove intent to murder.
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129 people killed during attempted jailbreak, stampede in Congo, 24 inmates shot dead
World | Sep 03, 2024, 12:58 PM ISTMost of the people were killed in a stampede as inmates attempted to escape Congo's overcrowded Makala Central Prison, which holds over 12,000 inmates. Congo's justice minister Constant Mutamba called it a 'premediated act of sabotage' and promised a stern response.
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Ramanjit Singh alias Romi, mastermind of Nabha jailbreak, to be extradited from Hong Kong today
India | Aug 22, 2024, 01:42 PM ISTAccording to the Punjab Police, since 2018, it has been trying to extradite gangster Ramanjit Singh alias Romi from Hong Kong. The police officials also went to Hong Kong and fought a long legal battle there to bring him back to India. Finally, the police succeeded.
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7 prisoners escape from Arunachal jail by throwing chilli powder at guards
Crime | Jul 13, 2021, 09:39 AM ISTSeven undertrial prisoners (UTPs) escaped from a jail in Arunachal Pradesh by throwing chilli and pepper powder and salt at the guards manning the jail.
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Five prisoners escape from district jail in Chhattisgarh
India | May 07, 2021, 07:06 AM ISTFive prisoners, including one facing trial for rape, escaped from a jail in Chhattisgarh's Mahasamund district on Thursday.
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IB alerts on Bihar jailbreak, security tightened
India | Jul 18, 2019, 12:32 PM ISTSecurity has been tightened in and around the Beur Jail here that houses Patna terror blast accused and several Maoists among other inmates after the Intelligence Bureau warned the Bihar Police that there might be plans of a jailbreak or even a bomb blast, police said on Thursday.
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Maharashtra: 2 prisoners fled from Kalyan Jail, police and CBI begin search operation
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Mintoo trimmed his beard, hair; was planning to flee to Goa
India | Nov 28, 2016, 05:43 PM ISTKhalistan Liberation Front Chief Harminder Singh Mintoo, who had escaped from Nabha jail in Punjab along with five other inmates yesterday, was caught in Delhi as he was planning to flee to Mumbai and then to Goa.
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UP Police capture leader of gang who helped prisoners flee from Nabha jail
India | Nov 27, 2016, 09:25 PM ISTUttar Pradesh Police today achieved a major breakthrough as they nabbed the gang leader who assisted the prisoners in fleeing out of the Nabha Central Jail, a media report said. As per a TOI report,
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Nabha jailbreak: Woman killed after policeman opened fire at car that didn't stop at security barricade
India | Nov 27, 2016, 07:56 PM ISTAn over-reaction by Punjab Police personnel cost a young woman her life after the car in which she was travelling was shot at by the police at a security barricade on today, sources said. Punjab
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27th November News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day
India | Nov 27, 2016, 07:33 PM ISTImportant stories of the day
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7 Pakistani security men among 10 held for jailbreak
World | Mar 01, 2015, 02:29 PM ISTIslamabad: Three religious leaders and seven security personnel have been arrested for allegedly helping two terrorists, including one involved in the killing of 10 foreign climbers in 2013, escape from a Pakistani jail in Gilgit-Baltistan
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Egyptian court postpones Morsi's trial over jailbreak
World | Jan 29, 2014, 11:25 AM ISTCairo : An Egyptian court Tuesday decided to delay trial of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and some 130 people in the 2011 jailbreak case to Feb 22.At the Cairo Criminal Court, the defending team asked