PATNA: Security staff deployed on the Buxar Central Jail had a slender get away when a gaggle of criminals opened fire near the main entrance gate of the jail on Sunday. However, no one was once injured within the indiscriminate firing.
The incident took place round 8.30pm when the safety staff, including jawans of the Special Auxiliary Police (SAP), were on responsibility. Three motorcycle-borne criminals reached the jail gate and opened fire. The bullets hit the wall of the jail gate. The criminals, on the other hand, managed to flee.
Buxar DM Raghvendra Singh said the criminals escaped by the point police officers on responsibility reacted to the incident. “Security around the jail has been beefed up and vital steps are being taken to prevent re-occurrence of such incident,” the DM advised this newspaper over the telephone.
Superintendent of jail V Ok Arora said the reason at the back of the firing was once to create panic among the inmates of the jail and in addition the safety staff. Earlier, a clerk within the jail was once killed by way of anti-socials. “Sunday’s incident isn't an remoted one,” the jail superintendent said.
Some miscreants had recently made an abortive bid at the life of a constable and a prison warder. “Local residents incessantly cross to the Ganges, which is at the northern side of the jail. Besides, there exists a densely populated locality within the southern end of the boundary wall,” the jail superintendent said.
The jail administration has prohibited the movement of local residents at the street leading to the Ganges as a precautionary measure. The patrolling within the outer edge of the jail has also been intensified as a precautionary measure, Arora said.
Buxar SP Upendra Nath Verma said the incident gave the impression to be a fallout of skirmishes between two teams of folks near the entrance gate of the jail on Saturday evening. The individuals of two teams had clashed all over a procession, he added.
He said an FIR has been lodged in opposition to unknown folks at the commentary of a constable deployed on the gate. The outer security of the jail is maintained by way of the staff of the district police. “Efforts are on to determine the id of the criminals concerned within the vast sunlight firing,” he said.
Jailor Satish Kumar Singh said over 1,150 inmates were lodged within the jail. A few of them were infamous gangsters dealing with fees of homicide, kidnapping and extortion. The activities of some of the undertrial prisoners are underneath the surveillance of the police.
Meanwhile, the police have obtained CCTV photos to determine the id of the miscreants concerned within the firing.
The incident took place round 8.30pm when the safety staff, including jawans of the Special Auxiliary Police (SAP), were on responsibility. Three motorcycle-borne criminals reached the jail gate and opened fire. The bullets hit the wall of the jail gate. The criminals, on the other hand, managed to flee.
Buxar DM Raghvendra Singh said the criminals escaped by the point police officers on responsibility reacted to the incident. “Security around the jail has been beefed up and vital steps are being taken to prevent re-occurrence of such incident,” the DM advised this newspaper over the telephone.
Superintendent of jail V Ok Arora said the reason at the back of the firing was once to create panic among the inmates of the jail and in addition the safety staff. Earlier, a clerk within the jail was once killed by way of anti-socials. “Sunday’s incident isn't an remoted one,” the jail superintendent said.
Some miscreants had recently made an abortive bid at the life of a constable and a prison warder. “Local residents incessantly cross to the Ganges, which is at the northern side of the jail. Besides, there exists a densely populated locality within the southern end of the boundary wall,” the jail superintendent said.
The jail administration has prohibited the movement of local residents at the street leading to the Ganges as a precautionary measure. The patrolling within the outer edge of the jail has also been intensified as a precautionary measure, Arora said.
Buxar SP Upendra Nath Verma said the incident gave the impression to be a fallout of skirmishes between two teams of folks near the entrance gate of the jail on Saturday evening. The individuals of two teams had clashed all over a procession, he added.
He said an FIR has been lodged in opposition to unknown folks at the commentary of a constable deployed on the gate. The outer security of the jail is maintained by way of the staff of the district police. “Efforts are on to determine the id of the criminals concerned within the vast sunlight firing,” he said.
Jailor Satish Kumar Singh said over 1,150 inmates were lodged within the jail. A few of them were infamous gangsters dealing with fees of homicide, kidnapping and extortion. The activities of some of the undertrial prisoners are underneath the surveillance of the police.
Meanwhile, the police have obtained CCTV photos to determine the id of the miscreants concerned within the firing.
Criminals open fire outside Buxar jail
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