Baripada: Notwithstanding the tight security arrangements, a prisoner serving a life sentence in Rairangpur Sub-Jail in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district escaped the prison on Saturday night. The jail authorities and Rairangpur Town police have launched a manhunt to nab the absconding prisoner.
According to reports, Solu Lohr (35), a youth of Budamara village under Bishoi police limits in Mayurbhanj district convicted of murdering a woman in 2015 and has been serving a life sentence in the Rairangpur sub-jail.
Lohar escaped from the jail around 2.00 pm on Saturday when he was being taken to his cell after the routine labour assigned to him. So far the police are yet to trace the whereabouts of Solu Lohar.