Rawat (Pothwar.com – Ikram-ul-Haq Qureshi | 01 July 2026): In a major security lapse involving Adiala Jail inmates, the DSP has been suspended while five officials, including the jail guard in charge, have been arrested following the escape of several prisoners. A case has also been registered.
According to details, dangerous prisoners managed to escape during transport. Four of the escaped inmates were later re-arrested by the Highway Patrol Police, while around ten other prisoners remained at large, even on the second day of the incident. The inability of law enforcement agencies to recover the remaining fugitives has raised serious questions over police performance and the circumstances under which such a large number of handcuffed prisoners allegedly escaped from custody.
Police have also registered cases against all the escaped prisoners at the Police Station Kahuta. The escaped inmates include Asim, Abdul Wahab, Ihtisham, Adeel Abbas, Akhlaq Hussain, Zigham Hussain, Danish, Asad Rehman, Abdul Rehman, Wahid, Shah Meer, Zakria Akhlaq, Aatif, Saim Ishtiaq, and Waleed Arif.
Among them, Saim Ishtiaq, Aatif, Zakria Akhlaq, and Waleed Arif have been re-arrested, while efforts to capture the remaining fugitives continued into the second day without success.