According to sources, suspect Malik Hamad, who is facing a murder case registered with Saddar Beruni police, had been imprisoned at Adiala Central Jail. The suspect was subsequently shifted from Adiala Central Jail to District Jail Jhelum as part of administrative measures. He was brought to Rawalpindi on Tuesday for a court hearing and was being transported back to Jhelum in a prison van after the proceedings. As the prison staff became confused, several armed men reportedly surrounded the van with their vehicles, forced Hamad out and fled from the scene. The latest incident comes less than two months after 14 dangerous prisoners escaped from a prison van while returning from Kahuta in the last week of June.