Phulbani: A prisoner escaped from Baliguda Sub-Jail in Odisha’s Kandhamal district by cutting the grill of a window last night.
The prisoner, identified as Tukuna Mali, has been convicted in a rape and murder case. He is a resident of Kumbharigaon under Brahmanigaon police limits in the district sources said.
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The jail authorities came to know about the incident when Tukuna did not respond to the attendance call this morning. Baliguda police have reached the spot and launched a probe to trace his whereabouts, the sources added.
