Four prisoners escape from Arunachal prison

Dibrugarh/Itanagar, Aug 18 (PTI) – Four inmates escaped from a jail in Namsai district of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh in the early hours of Sunday, police said.
They escaped from the prison at around 12:30 am, Namsai police commissioner Sange Thinley told PTI.
The prisoners were identified as Mineswar Dihingia (37), Gopal Munda (23), Arjun Kandha (27) and Robin Surin (45). They broke the rod of the ventilator, attacked the guard, injuring him and escaped, police said.
Namsai's SDPO J Molo said Dihingia was an NSCN(U) militant and was arrested in Mahadevpur in 2021.
Munda was arrested under Section 376 of the Penal Code (rape) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, while Arjun Kandha was arrested under Section 363 of the Penal Code (kidnapping).
Surin was arrested under sections 302 (murder) and 201 (disappearance of evidence) of the International Penal Code (IPC).
According to police, a case was registered and a large-scale manhunt for the two was launched.