Mysuru, July 26 -- Miscreant threatens with knife when stopped by Jail staff; flees in car

Alert jail staff succeeded in stopping a miscreant from throwing a suspected object into Mysuru Central Prison premises, in the city recently.

The incident occurred on July 24 morning, when Mysuru Jail staff Prathap, who was deployed on security duty, was patrolling outside the rear side compound. Prathap, along with Jail Warder Nadaf was patrolling on the road behind the Jail, when they saw a man trying to throw a suspected object wrapped with a black tape into the Jail premises, from the rear side compound wall.

They immediately ran towards the man and prevented the latter from throwing the suspected object into the Jail premises.

But when Prath...