Prisoners Playing Monkeys In Ramlila Get Into Character, Scale Wall To Escape
NDTV
Six officials from the Haridwar district jail have been suspended.
A prison in Haridwar staged the Ramlila on Friday evening to impart a lesson to its inmates on the victory of good over evil, only to see evil prevail when two prisoners playing the part of 'vaanars' (monkeys in Lord Ram's army) used the event to stage a jailbreak.
One of the prisoners was serving a life term for murder while the other was an undertrial in a kidnapping case. Six jail officials have been suspended.
A senior police official said the Ramlila had been organised at the Haridwar district jail on Friday evening - ahead of Dussehra on Saturday - and Pramod, who was serving a life term for murder, and Ramkumar, facing trial for kidnapping and extortion, were among the prisoners who were taking part. The two men were acting as two of the monkeys in Lord Ram's army who helped defeat Ravana.
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