Two prisoners, including a hardcore Maoist serving life sentence, escaped from court premises at Ghatsila, around 45 km from here today, a senior police officer said.
CPI (Maoist)'s Phogra Munda, serving life sentence in a murder case as well as facing trial in several other cases in Ghorabandha, Shyamsunderpur and other police stations in Maoist-affected Ghatsila sub-division of East Singhbhum, managed to escape soon after production in court, Superintendent of Police (Rural) Shailendra Kumar Sinha said.
An undertrial Hopna Baske also managed to hoodwink the guards, he said.
Sinha told PTI that the duo escaped from the court cell.
The adjoining police stations have been alerted and patrolling was intensified, he said.
