KANNUR: A few inmates of Kannur jail allegedly mixed sleeping pills in tea made for jail officials on duty, and made a failed attempt to jump the jail.

Their idea was to jump the jail once the jail officials were fast asleep. The incident happened on Wednesday morning. On that day, three prisoners including a murder case accused were assigned kitchen job.

The police said that they might have mixed sleeping pills procured from somewhere and mixed the tables in tea. On that day, four officials were on duty in the jail. They gave cups of tea to three persons while one person was sleeping.

Soon after the police officers fall into deep sleep, the prisoners took the key of the jail gate and walked towards the exit point.
The visuals of this movement was obtained from the CCTV.

But their plan was aborted when the police officer who was sleeping woke up. One of the police officers who drank tea had developed some discomfort and had approached the doctor. First it was suspected to be a case of food poisoning and the truth came to light only when the CCTV visuals were examined.