BELONIA, Oct 28 (TIWN): Even though belated, but Shri Shantunu Secretary Home(Jail); Santanu Debbarma, I.G Prisons; Gourav Chakraborty DIGP(N/R) visited South Tripura Dist Jail on Friday. By Helicopter he rushed to monitor & review Jail infrastructure at South DM & SP. Reportedly, Gomati Dist jail was also inspected by the Home Secretary & his team.After the 3 prisoners successfully escaped from Bishalgarh jail, such inspection has begun, said TIWN source from South Tripura. The team surveyed the existing jail security and take corrective measures. Recently three officials, including superintendent of the Tripura Central Jail, were suspended for negligence after three prisoners, all serving life imprisonment, escaped from the prison of Bishalghar. They were -- Milan Debbarma, 28; Swarna Kumar Tripura, 22; and Rabindra Tripura, 24 – who fled from the jail in Bishalgarh Sepahijala district on last Friday night. The convicted criminals were serving life-imprisonment for different crimes, including murder, since 2012.A massive search operation was on in different locations and all the state's 74 police stations were on alert. BSF (Border Security Force) was also asked to keep a close watch on the borders to prevent the convicts from crossing over to Bangladesh.

Earlier, State Chief Secretary Yashpal Singh and Director General of Police K. Nagaraj on Sunday visited the central jail, 25 km south of here, to study the existing jail security and to take corrective measures.

"The two top officials found some loopholes in the management of the central jail and its security. They have asked the jail officials to make additional foolproof arrangements to tighten the vigil in and around the jail," the official added.

The central jail, which was established 142 years ago (in 1874) in Agartala, by the then king Maharaja Birchandra Manikya Bahadur, was shifted to Bishalgarh from Agartala in 2013.