Prisoner dies in bid to escape from Tihar

A 35-year-old prisoner Tuesday fell to death from a moving truck while making an attempt to escape from the Tihar Jail, said an official.

"Pappu alias Mehtab, who was lodged in Jail Number one, was a drug addict," a jail officer told IANS. He was sent to jail July 18 in a theft case.

Around 10 a.m., a truck was going back after unloading construction material inside the jail and Pappu tried to climb the moving vehicle and fell on the ground, the officer said.

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He died on way to the Deen Dayal Upadhaya Hospital, he said.

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