Three prisoners, including a member of BSP MLA Mukhtar Ansari's gang, were shot dead inside the Chitrakoot district jail on Friday.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered a probe into the incident. Probe team found that CCTV cameras inside Chitrakoot jail in UP were not working when the three inmates were killed in a shootout.
After the initial probe report, the UP government suspended two jail officials, S P Tripathi and Mahendra Pal. Later three warders were also suspended on charges of laxity
Chitrakoot Range Inspector General of Police K Satyanarain said only after the judicial probe is concluded it can be ascertained how the weapon reached inside the jail.