18-ft-long tunnel found in Ahmedabad jail

mangaloretoday.com/DHNS

AHMEDABAD, Feb 11: Sabarmati Central Jail officials in Ahmedabad have discovered an 18-feet-long tunnel inside the prison where 14 of the accused charged with the attack on Akshardham temple are currently incarcerated, a CNN-IBN report today said.

Prison authorities estimate that the tunnel, leading from the ‘Chhota Chakkar’ barrack to a gutter outside the jail, was being dug for the last 5-6 months.

 

The tunnel was said to be about half-way complete when it was detected, the television channel said.

The jail houses over 50 under-trials, including 14 accused in the Ahmedabad serial blasts case.

Maya Kodnani, the former BJP MLA from Naroda who was convicted for her role in the post-Godhra riots, too is housed in Sabarmati Jail.

Jail authorities are trying to ascertain the identity of the detainees who had planned to escape once the tunnel was complete.