Bathinda, Oct. 6 -- A four-member special investigation team (SIT) has been constituted to analyse the lapses after an undertrial escaped from the high-security Bathinda Central Jail on September 27. Though the escapee was later arrested in Rajasthan, officials said the jailbreak by a petty criminal sent the state officials into a tizzy as the jail houses dreaded criminals and it is under strict vigil. It also features a special "dead zone" with no mobile phone connectivity within a 2-km radius.

Additional director general of police (ADGP), prisons, Arun Pal Singh on Sunday said a team led by RK Arora, an inspector general (IG)-rank officer of the department of prisons, would look into aspects under which a burglary accused slipped out o...