3 convicts escaped from Tripura Central Jail

Agartala, Oct 22 : Three convicts, all serving life-imprisonment since 2012, escaped from the Central Jail in Tripura, police said on Saturday."The three convicts -- Milan Debbarma, 28; Swarna Kumar Tripura, 22; Rabindra Tripura, 24 -- fled from the jail in Bishalgarh on Friday night. They were found missing during the routine roll-call," Sepahijala district police chief Sudipta Das said.He said that a massive search operation was in place and all of the state s 74 police stations were alerted."BSF (Border Security Force) were also asked to keep a close watch on the borders to prevent the convicts from crossing over to Bangladesh," Das added.