Three Inmates Escape from Sada Sub-Jail by Menino Fernandes

The Escape Route (Hole) in the Wall

The hole in the toilet was the route of escape. Four Jail officials including one jail guard Vassu Pednekar, one head jail guard Dilip Gulelkar and two Assistant Jailors Manuel Travasso and Uday Shirodkar have been suspended for negligence of duty.

 The government has also ordered a magisterial enquiry into the incident Sub Jail – Sada Vasco has once again come into limelight this time with the escape of three convicts in the early hours at 03:00 AM, on Wednesday, the 4th of August,. At three AM in the morning Hitler Fernandes, Seby Ferrao & Abhijit Patil dug a hole in wall of the toilet and escaped through it from the jail. Abhijit Patil is undertrial for murder & Seby Ferrao is undertrial Theft case. Whereas Hitler Fernandes is a convict for double murder one in Goa and another in Karnataka. According to the reports, Hitler Fernandes had escaped from Aguada Jail twice earlier. According the the Murmagoa MLA, the escapees had well planned their escape route for quite sometime. They were working on the hole regularly for 4 days. He also said that they used soap to seal back the tiles removed from inside to avoid detection by the authorities. The Chief Minister Digamber Kamat said that the police have been informed and that a vigorous search was under way to nab the escapees. The police and the jail authorities are investigating the escape jointly. The inspector general of jails has also visited the sub jail and after making a prima facie enquiry has ordered the suspension of the four jail officials. Magisterial enquiry has already been orders said the Chief Minister. The DySP Mahesh Gaonkar of Vasco sub-division has said that enquiry has been initiated and all the inmates of the jail will be questioned. Mahesh Gaonkar also told the news media that the night officer Mr. Desai who reached the spot around 3:30 AM, on his night round saw the jail guards running here and there and asked them what was wrong. On getting the information Desai informed the concerned officers and they were all on the spot in no time. Mr. Gaonkar also said that immediately they started conducting the search and nakka bandi. Assistant Superintendent of Sada sub jail and deputy collector Mr. Levinson Martins said that there is a need of outside guard around the four corners of the jail and the present one policeman guard is insufficient.

NIZ GOENKAR ADDS: How can the jail guards and the prison authorities be so negligent. They should always check in and out when the inmates go to toilets etc. There should be a high, barbed with wires wall surrounding the jails which the inmates would never be able to scale. If these precautions were taken then none of these incidents would have occurred.