Five under-trial prisoners today escaped from Dhanera sub-jail in Sabarkantha district, police officials said.
"They managed to escape when they were taken out of their barracks for daily routine," Dhanera police inspector V M Chudasama said.
Jail warden Hitesh Rameshbhai lodged a complaint in this regard.
"We have issued an alert and launched a manhunt to nab them," Chudasama said, adding all the main roads going out of the districts were being watched.
One of them was an accused in a murder case, he added.
