Narsingdi District Jail

Narsindi District Jail, also known as Narsingdi Jail, is the central jail for Narsingdi District located near the Dhaka-Sylhet highway.[1][2]

History

Narsingdi Jail was established in 1983 as a sub-divisional jail.[3] It had a slogan called Rakhibo Nirapod, Dekhabo Alor Poth.[4] It was upgraded in 1998 to a district jail.[3] In 2019, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council approved a 3.27 billion BDT project, to be implemented by the Public Works Department, to build new Narsingdi District Jail.[3]

2024 prison break

On 19 July 2024, the Jail was attacked by hundreds of people and burned down during the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement.[5][6] During the chaos, the total prison population of 826 escaped, including members of Ansarullah Bangla Team and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh.[7][5][8] Narsingdi District Jail was the first jail to be attacked during the movement.[5] During the attack, 85 firearms and about 9,000 bullets were stolen from the jail.[9] Some guards escaped from the attack disguised as prisoners.[5] More riots and attacks on other prisons during that time saw 2,232 prisoners escape, but half of them surrendered soon after.[5] 11 cases were filed over the attack on the jail, according to Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman, Narsingdi District Superintendent of Police.[2] Jail Superintendent Abul Kalam Azad reported that the attackers took them hostage and they did not receive support from the district police.[8] Asaduzzaman Khan, Minister of Home Affairs, visited the prison, and some escapees surrendered through the Narsingdi District Bar Association.[8] All 77 prison guards were suspended.[10]

After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government on 5 August, prison breaks and attacks took place in 17 other prisons across Bangladesh.[5] All prisoners in Sherpur District Jail and Satkhira District Jail escaped.[5] Jamalpur District Jail was heavily damaged in the attack, but no one managed to escape.[5] 105 prisoners escaped from Kushtia District Jail and 200 from Kashimpur Central Jail.[5] By February 2025, only 184 escapees from Narsindi District Jail remained on the run after extensive operations to catch the escapees.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Protesters Set Jail On Fire In Bangladesh, Free "Hundreds" Of Inmates". NDTV. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
  2. ^ a b "Narsingdi prison break: 451 inmates surrender, 30 arrested". The Business Standard. 2024-07-26. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
  3. ^ a b c Ullah, Ahamed (14 October 2019). "Govt to build jail with modern facilities in Narsingdi". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
  4. ^ dailypost.net. "Service quality increased in Narsingdi district jail". dailypost.net. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "One-third of the prisoners who escaped from jail still on the run". en.bonikbarta.com. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
  6. ^ "Six inmates killed during jailbreak bid in Jamalpur". The Daily Star. 2024-08-10. Archived from the original on 2024-08-10. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
  7. ^ "Prison breaks: 928 inmates still at large". The Daily Star. 2024-09-11. Archived from the original on 2024-09-27. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
  8. ^ a b c "How the prison break in Narsingdi unfolded". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
  9. ^ "Six inmates killed during jailbreak bid in Jamalpur". The Daily Star. 2024-08-10. Archived from the original on 2024-08-10. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
  10. ^ "77 officials including jail super, prison guards suspended over Narsingdi jail attack". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
  11. ^ "Narsingdi Prison Break: Six months on, 184 fugitives still at large". The Daily Star. 2025-02-16. Archived from the original on 2025-02-15. Retrieved 2025-04-15.

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