2 undertrials arrested in Pocso cases escape from Srinagar’s Central Jail: Officials

Two undertrials, arrested in cases lodged under the Pocso Act, have allegedly escaped from Central Jail in Srinagar, officials told news agency PTI said on Sunday.

Farman Khan, a resident of Rajasthan, and Mukhtar Ahmad Gujjar, a resident of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir, have escaped from the jail, officials said. Khan was facing charges under sections 3 and 4 (penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act in a case registered at the Lar police station in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Gujjar was also facing the same charges in a case lodged at Srinagar’s Soura police station.

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Police have launched a manhunt to apprehend the duo, the officials said, adding that look-out notices have been issued at all exit points of Kashmir.