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Murder accused escapes from jail
A HARDCORE criminal and accused in the murder case of film actress Manisha Koirala?s private secretary, Deepak Singh alias Dipu, escaped from the district jail of Deoria on Friday.
A HARDCORE criminal and accused in the murder case of film actress Manisha Koirala’s private secretary, Deepak Singh alias Dipu, escaped from the district jail of Deoria on Friday.
The incident has increased the worries of the district police and has put the jail administration in a tight spot.
Dipu was said to be a close associate of mafia don Abu Salem and he was brought to Deoria district jail from Varanasi in March last year. He was involved in various cases of murder and loot.
According to sources, Dipu was present during the attendance call of prisoners at 7 am on Friday. Soon after, the duty of jail employees was changed. When the attendance call of prisoners was held again at around 9 am, Dipu was found missing.
The jail employees searched all the barracks, but in vain. They informed the Deoria superintendent of police regarding the incident.
According to the jail officials, Dipu jumped over the wall on the north side of the jail and escaped. However, the district police seemed suspicious over this theory and said no prisoner could scale the high wall of the jail without any assistance.
DIG (Jail) Rajendra Prasad Singh has started interrogating some jail employees in this connection.
Dipu (25), son of Jagannath Singh and resident of Imlia village, under Cholapur police station of Varanasi, was brought here on March 16 and lodged in barrack number 8.
According to reports, when Abu Salem was brought to India by the CBI, Dipu looked worried and expressed apprehension that his connection with Abu Salem might be exposed.
