Prisoner flees from Mitford, 3 jail guards suspended

The Jail authorities on Saturday suspended three guards after a prisoner fled from Sir Salimullah Medical College (Mitford Hospital) on Friday.

The suspended officials are Assistant Chief Jail Guard Mobarak Hossain and jail guards Kamrul Islam, Abdul Alim.

Mahbubul Islam, Jailer of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj, said Mintu Mia, 28, convicted in a drugs case, fled from Mitford Hospital at 4:30am.

Mintu, a prisoner of Tangail jail, was shifted to Dhaka jail on Aug 13. He was hospitalised on Aug 28 with severe chest pain.

“Police later arrested him from the city’s Babubazar area around 2pm,” the jailer said.