Prisoner Who Escaped With One Hand In Handcuffs From North Sumatra Coal Prison Arrested

Head of Penkum, North Sumatra High Prosecutor's Office, Yos A Tarigan. (Photo:ANTARA/HO)

MEDAN - The Kisaran District Prosecutor's Office has arrested Indra Saragih, 31, a prisoner entrusted by the prosecutor who escaped from the Class II A Correctional Institution (Lapas) in Labuhan Ruku, Batu Bara Regency, North Sumatra.

Head of Penkum, North Sumatra High Prosecutor's Office, Yos A Tarigan, confirmed the arrest of prisoner Indra Saragih, who escaped from Class IIA Labuhan Ruku Prison.

Yos said the detainee was arrested by the Prosecutor's Team and the TNI-Polri in the area of Jalan TB Simatupang, Medan Sunggal, Medan City, Saturday (6/8) at around 10.30 WIB while he was sleeping at his friend's house in Medan Sunggal.

"When the prisoner was arrested, there was no resistance," he said, as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, August 8.

Previously, Indra Saragih escaped from the Class IIA Lapas in Labuhan Ruku, Batu Bara Regency, Friday (5/8) while his other hand was still handcuffed.

A total of three prisoners were to be deposited in Labuhan Ruku Prison but when the handcuffs were released holding the prisoners' hands, Indra immediately ran away jumping over the fence of Labuhan Ruku Prison.

Indra fled to the right of Labuhan Ruku Prison, only deliberately to trick the officers.

However, it turned out that Indra stopped the motorized rickshaw and went to the direction of Simpang Sei Bejangkar. After that, Indra took a truck to go to Medan.