According to a jail official, the department dismissed the employees in connection with a jail break which led to three jail inmates escaping from the Central Jail Amritsar on January 7 night.
The Jail officials who were dismissed are Assistant Deputy Superintendent of Jail Kulwant Singh, Head Warden Mohinder Singh and Kulwant Singh, Gurpargat Singh and Shingara Singh (all Wardens), the official said, adding a criminal case was registered against them.