# Two POCSO undertrials escape Srinagar Central Jail, manhunt on 2026-08-23T19:31:33+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Two men held under the POCSO Act have escaped from the Central Jail in Srinagar by scaling the front-side wall. The police have launched a manhunt and issued lookout notices. The escapees are Farman Khan and Mukhtar Ahmad Gujjar, both undertrials charged with penetrative sexual assault under sections 3 and 4 of the POCSO Act. Khan was lodged on June 23 in connection with a case from Ganderbal police station, Gujjar was lodged on April 13 from Soura police station. The jail, guarded by the CISF since October 2023, has not yet publicly explained how the inmates breached security. Police have appealed for public help and announced a reward for information leading to their arrest. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both sources report the same facts: two POCSO undertrials scaled the wall of Srinagar Central Jail and escaped. Times Now leads with 'massive manhunt' and details the CISF deployment and reward, framing the story around institutional security failure and police response. Greater Kashmir leads with 'lookout notices' and gives more precise FIR numbers, a narrower police-procedure frame. Neither source criticises the government, both stick to official accounts. The measured read: the escape exposes security gaps despite CISF guards, but details are sparse, times of escape, how scaling went undetected, leaving the scale of the lapse unclear. Watch for the jail superintendent's statement or a court-mandated inquiry. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 1 neutral, 1 sensationalist - timesnownews.com (sensationalist) Leads with sensational 'massive manhunt', front-loaded with escape drama and CISF detail, neutral-report but with drama-first order - greaterkashmir.com (neutral report) Leads with police procedure notices, precise FIR numbers, neutral factual wire copy This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-23T23:40:42+00:00. Tags: CISF, Farman Khan, Jammu and Kashmir Police, Mukhtar Ahmed Gujar, POCSO Act, Srinagar Central Jail Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/two-pocso-convicts-escape-from-srinagar-central-jail-manhunt-on/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/two-pocso-convicts-escape-from-srinagar-central-jail-manhunt-on/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/