DHAKA: Two prisoners escaped from India’s most secure jail in New Delhi by digging a tunnel under a wall and scaling another in a daring dash for freedom.

An official and media reports said Monday, reports The Straits Times.

The pair escaped on the weekend from Tihar jail, Asia’s largest, in what appeared to be a carefully prepared prison break that authorities are still piecing together.

One of the two, identified only as Faizan and Javed, who had been awaiting trial on burglary charges, was recaptured on Sunday and was being questioned.

‘They escaped sometime on Saturday or Sunday. We will find out how they managed to escape. It is too early to say how and when they staged the jail break,’ Tihar deputy inspector general Mukesh Prasad told the media.

BDST: 1630 HRS, JUN 29, 2015
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