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Specific guidelines have also been issued by it, which have been conveyed to all the States\/UTs for compliance in the matters of encounter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reportedly, the under trial prisoners escaped the jail after killing a guard. Three of these under trial prisoners had escaped from the Khandwa Jail three years back and were nabbed again in the State of Odisha, this year. The undertrial were charged under various crimes including murder, sedition, jail break and bank robberies.\u00a0As per news report, all escaped prisoners were killed within hours in an encounter at an isolated forested area which is about 15 km from the jail. Senior officers have claimed that the police started firing only after being shot at by the accused. The police team had initially asked the escaped prisoners to surrender, as stated in the report. Five jail officials have been put under suspension including DIG (Jail) and the Jail Superintendent. 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