BHOPAL: A 22-year-old convict made a daring escape from a prison in Narsinghpur district of Madhya Pradesh only to quietly walk into another prison in his hometown, a day later. He said, he was bored behind bars as nobody from his family would visit him in a distant prison.

Accused Pankaj Pahade , 22, resident of Turki Khapa village in Chhindwara district, was convicted for murder of his aunt in 2013. Pahade was sentenced to life term. But as life convicts are not kept at Chhindwara jail , he was sent to Narsinghpur jail, 130km from his hometown. On July 22 evening, Pahade managed to flee from Narsinghpur jail. But he didn’t flee for freedom, he went to his hometown Chhindwara, the next day and gave himself up.

“He stood at the jail gates for some time at 4pm. When prison guards identified him as he was initially lodged in Chhindwara jail they took him in. Pahade said he wants to serve his remaining term here,” Chhinwara jail superintendent Phool Singh Paraste told TOI.

“He claimed he was feeling stifled at Narsinghpur jail as no one from his family visited him. He requested us to keep him at Chhindwara jail so that he could at least meet his family members. We explained to him that convicts are governed by jail manual laws and he should have applied for a transfer, instead of enacting a jailbreak. We handed him over to police as he committed a crime,” said Paraste.

Jail authorities in Narsinghpur have launched a probe on the jailbreak. This was confirmed by prison superintendent Amit Mishra.

