Chapra: Nearly 13 inmates of the Chapra district jail in Bihar today (Feb 23, 2004) escaped scaling the wall after exploding bombs resulting in injury to three persons including a sentry, official sources said.

Jail superintendent Ramchandra Jaiswal said 13 inmates led by dreaded outlaw of Siwan Rajkishore Chaudhary exploded three bombs around 14.30 hrs (IST) to intimidate the inmates and security staff, in which sentry Dudhnath Sharma and two prisoners were seriously injured.

The jail sources said the prisoners used a bamboo ladder to scale the Northern wall of the prison.

Rajkishore Chaudhary, who was stated to have masterminded the escape, has dozens of cases of murder, loot, dacoity and kidnapping for ransom pending against him.

It is the second major incident of jailbreak in Bihar within a fortnight.

On February 13, gunmen had opened fire and exploded bomb at the Danapur sub-jail near the State capital to facilitate the escape of four inmates.