Murder convict escapes from Yerawada open jail, probe ordered
Hindustan TimesA murder convict undergoing a life sentence escaped from Yerawada open Jail on Wednesday afternoon. Senior prison officer Rajendra Vasant Marle attached to Yerawada Police Station lodged the FIR and informed that Pateniya was arrested on June 2, 2016, on charges of murder and violence. In November 2023, a murder convict Ashish Bharat Jadhav lodged at the jail since 2008 escaped from the open prison premises. The state prison department manual states that Prisoners in closed prisons whose sentences have been reduced and prisoners who have demonstrated good behaviour in prison, after selection through the Open Jail Selection Committee are classified in the respective open Jail according to the available space of detention capacity in the open Jail The manual further states that the prisoners who are kept in open prisons are mostly engaged in agricultural work.
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