More than 2,000 prisoners are still out of the arrest after the attack on various prisons of the country during the July-August mass uprising. There are several criminals, including murderers, militants, corrupt terrorists and drug deals. Security has been increased in five prisons of the country after the escape of the turmoil of the movement. Different stairs have been imposed.
According to sources in the Prisons Department, the five prisons of the country were affected in various ways during the mass uprising. Of these, 5 to 2,220 prisoners escaped. Many of these prisoners have returned voluntarily. The number of prisoners arrested from different places of the country till January 25 and the number of prisoners from different parts of the country is 1,212. The rest of the 5 are still absconding.
The victims of the victims say the jail superintendents say the case has been filed after the attack. It is the responsibility of the law enforcement agencies to arrest the prisoners from jail. On the other hand, the prison authorities have increased the security of the prisons after the prisoners escaped.
Regarding the arrest of the absconding prisoners, Deputy Inspector General of Police (Operations) Rezaul Karim told Today's newspaper that many of the absconding prisoners were arrested from the jail. Still, the law enforcers are carrying out special activities to arrest those who are absconding.
The five prisoners who were imprisoned after the attack were Narsingdi District Jail, Sherpur District Jail, Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur, Kushtia District Jail and Satkhira District Jail. Of these, there was a great deal of disturbance in the Narsingdi District Jail. Among the anti-government movements of the students and people, the miscreants attacked the Narsingdi District Jail on July 7 and vandalized, set fire and looted. In this case, 120 prisoners, including 5 militants, fled. About 5 different types of weapons are looted. Due to the attacks and looting, the jail has been damaged by around 12.5 million.
According to sources in the Department of Prisons, five of the absconding prisoners are militants. They were arrested on charges of militant activity during the past government.
Narsingdi prison
Six months after the incident, on January 5, the jail was found to be repaired from the affected main gate. The colors have been planted. Two security guards standing on both sides inside the front gate. A watch tower next to the gate. However, there was no security guard while going to this reporter. People who came to meet the prisoners from a small house next to the outer gate were granted permits. The office of the prison officers in front of the gate. At the time of the attack, a car was burnt to a prison car itself.
According to jail sources, there are currently 5 prisoners in the 5 capacity jail. Authorities said that after the attack, various measures, including repairing the building on the outside wall, were taken to repair the building, increase the riot unit inside the jail.
Mojibur Rahman, a shopkeeper next to the jail, told today's newspaper, “After the attack, the walls have been planted on the wall. Security has also been increased in the gate. Now the prisoners' relatives come less to meet. But now the situation is normal. '
At that time, a woman who came to meet her husband arrested in the drug case was seen standing outside. The woman, who did not want to be named today, said, 'I am coming to meet my husband. I've been standing for a long time. I do not know whether to let you in. '
Shamim Iqbal, superintendent of Narsingdi District Jail, told Today's newspaper, “There was no prisoner in the jail for 6 months after the attack and arson. Everything has been repaired. The prison alert has been increased on the outer wall, including a barbed wire. Officers and guards are acting in two parts in the morning and afternoon.
Security has also been strengthened in other prisons of the attack. Overall surveillance has been increased. The prisoners have been strictly imposed on the movement. The prisoners are monitoring the prisoners who returned or arrested again.
Mohammad Abdullah-al-Mamun, a senior jail superintendent of Kashimpur High Security Central Jail in Gazipur, told Today's newspaper, “Six prisoners who have fled the jail have been arrested again. They were kept under special surveillance. The escaped prisoners were kept separated from wearing dandabari and red hats according to the jail code. However, those who have been detained for three months are being kept again with others. Security has been strengthened. '
At a press conference recently, the Inspector General of Prisons Brigadier Syed Md. Mottahir Hossain said there were two weaknesses behind the prisons. One is infrastructure, the other is external. It is the responsibility of the external security on the law enforcement agencies. The attack was caused by the absence of members of the law enforcers. There were also institutional and managerial weaknesses.
Asked what kind of action the prison Department would take on the absconding prisoners, the Inspector General of Prisons told today's newspaper, “We have filed a case after the prisoners escaped. I am regularly in touch with the law enforcement agencies about their arrest. They are working to arrest the abusers. '
Regarding the security of the jail, the Inspector General said, “Security has been increased in the prisons. The prisons where the infrastructure weaknesses are in the ministry have been sent to the ministry. '
