Probe ordered into life convict walking out of Central Prison using fake Supreme Court order 8 years ago
An investigation has been launched into the release of Shankar Armugam, a life convict, who walked out of prison using forged Supreme Court documents nearly eight years ago. The fraud was uncovered after prison authorities sought verification from the Supreme Court, which confirmed that no such order had been issued. Police are now looking into potential collusion among prison officials and are attempting to locate Armugam, who has been free since 2018.
- ▪Shankar Armugam was serving life imprisonment for kidnapping for ransom when he was released in 2018.
- ▪The release was based on forged Supreme Court documents that were later confirmed as fake.
- ▪An internal probe revealed procedural lapses by prison officials, prompting a police investigation.
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It was nearly eight years ago that Shankar Armugam, who was serving life imprisonment after being convicted in a 2001 kidnapping-for-ransom case, walked out of the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison. The authorities have realised only now that the Supreme Court documents he produced to secure his release were allegedly forged, triggering an investigation into suspected collusion and grave procedural lapses inside the Prison Department.This came to light after the Director-General of Prisons received a petition alleging that the convict had secured his release from the prison by submitting fake Supreme Court orders.
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