Four prisoners who escaped from Meghalaya jail killed by mob
Shillong, (PTI): Four of six undertrial prisoners, who escaped from the Jowai jail, were allegedly killed by a mob in Shangpung village in the West Jaintia Hills district on Sunday, police said.
A group of six prisoners overpowered the staff at Jowai jail on Saturday and escaped. Five of them reached Shangpung on Sunday, about 70 km away from the prison, a senior officer said.
Around 3 pm of Sunday, when one of the prisoners went to a tea shop to buy food, he was identified by the locals and the entire area was alerted, village headman R Rabon told PTI.
A large number of people turned up and chased the group of prisoners to a nearby forest. A purported video of the incident showed angry villagers, armed with sticks, apprehending the prisoners and beating them mercilessly.
Four prisoners died in the attack while one managed to escape, Rabon said.
Inspector-General of Prisons JK Marak said, "It is true that a group of villagers apprehended four of the escaped prisoners and subsequently lynched them. Our officers have reached the area and I am awaiting more information."
Officials said that one of the prisoners Ramesh Dkhar managed to escape from the mob, while the sixth prisoner was nowhere to be seen during the attack.
"Two prisoners had been arrested in the murders of taxi drivers in August," police said.
Superintendent of Police of West Jaintia Hills BK Marak said police officers are at the spot and ‘conducting spot inquiry and other necessary formalities’.
"A case has been registered in the Jowai police station against the prison staff and five of them have been arrested so far. Among the arrested prison staffers are one head warden and four wardens," he said.
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Trump pauses tariffs on most nations for 90 days, raises taxes on Chinese imports
Washington, Apr 9 (AP): Facing a global market meltdown, President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly backed down on his tariffs on most nations for 90 days, but raised his tax rate on Chinese imports to 125 per cent.
It was seemingly an attempt to narrow what had been an unprecedented trade war between the US and most of the world to one between the US and China.
Global markets surged on the development, but the precise details of Trump's plans to ease tariffs on non-China trade partners were not immediately clear.
