Four men under trial in rape and POCSO Act cases escape from Kobra jail in Chhattisgarh
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Under trail for rape and booked under POCSO Act cases , four prisoners escaped from a jail in Chhattisgarh 's Korba district on Saturday, PTI reported citing a police official.The four accused were Dashrath Sidar (19), Chandrashekhar Rathia (20), Raja Kanwar (22) and Sarna Sinku (26)."Between 3pm and 4pm, they fled after climbing a cowshed wall inside the prison using a rope. They were undertrials in cases filed for rape and provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Rathia was from Raigarh, while the other three are from Korba," he said.A massive manhunt has been launched in Chhattisgarh in an effort to nab the four men. Meanwhile, a probe has been launched to investigate how to four managed to escape.All four were accused in different cases and were on trial on POCSO charges.The police is suspecting the role of an insider as the jail administration noted that at the time of the prisonbreak, the electricity to the jail had been cut off.In July, rape-accused Govindachamy was captured after escaping from Kannur Central jail in Kerala. Govindachamy had been convicted in the 2011 rape and murder case of a 23-year-old woman.The convict was caught after a local resident alerted the police about having spotted a man near the DCC office at Talap. The convict was found inside a well behind the National Sample Survey office in the area.
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