Summary:
For example, RTI data suggest that Zaheer Ul-Haq escaped from Varanasi central jail on July 6, 2014, and was found dead after five days. District jails in Etawah, Mainpuri and Urai each saw five inmates escape in the past five years. From Lucknow and Varanasi jails, four and three inmates respectively escaped. From June 2012 to 2017, 64 prisoners lodged in various jails in the state escaped, despite tall claims by police that "tight security" arrangements are there inside the prisons. This allows such inmates to roam freely inside jail premises and further plan their escape..