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Brigadier General Syed Mohammad Motaher Hossain, Chief of the Prison Department, said 70 of the unaccounted prisoners were classified as ‘high-risk’.
Addressing a press conference, he said 174 prisoners have been released on bail or otherwise discharged since the incident, among them 11 high-profile criminals. He said: “We are bound to comply with court orders.”
He said efforts are currently going on to detain the prisoners who escaped during the uprising.
Motaher said that 17 out of Bangladesh’s 69 jails are categorised as highly vulnerable, raising serious concerns over security and infrastructure.
He made the comment at a time when Bangladesh is once again witnessing turmoil since Chinmoy Krishna Das was arrested recently, triggering massive protests by minority community members in the country. (IBNS)
