Five prisoners lodged in a government hostel that was made a temporary prison in Yerwada in Pune, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, have escaped in the wee hours of Thursday. According to Indian Express, this is the third time that such an incident has occurred in the past one month.

According to the police and the Prison Department officials, out of the five inmates, four were arrested by the Pune rural police officials whereas one was nabbed by the Pimpri-Chinchwad Police. The details of the cases they were involved in have not been disclosed yet.