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They have forced the employees of the jail to move out, Superintendent of Police Kundan Krishna said.
Security personnel have been deployed outside the jail to prevent jailbreak, but a couple of prisoners may have escaped, he said.
"We are, at this stage, not in a position to speculate about the number of inmates who have escaped from the jail. That will be possible only after a headcount of prisoners," he said.
The district administration has taken all preventive steps and the situation is "likely to be fully controlled" soon, Krishna added.
PTI
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