A prisoner from Bihar briefly escaped from Cherlapally Central Prison in Hyderabad on Sunday while carrying out wall painting work assigned by the jail authorities.
Raja Singh presented his arguments and his wife also filed a written counter informing the committee that the PD Act was invoked against Raja Singh due to political rivalry
The man, identified as Shaik Khaja Miya alias Khaja Baba (35) of BN Reddy Nagar in Cherlapally, was sent to the prison on July 7 in connection with a case of theft.