A handcuffed prisoner was seen escaping a moving police vehicle in Brazil in a viral video.

The incident reportedly took place on December 28, 2021, at Alagoa Nova, Paraiba, Brazil.

The act was caught on camera and the video was uploaded on Youtube by ViralHog, with over 93,000 views already. The man can be seen jumping off the van with handcuffs in the presence of police officials.

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Local reports have suggested that he managed to escape by opening the ‘chess’ door of the police car. Due to this, the police did not notice him jump out in the rearview mirror and the car went ahead without him. According to a report cited by NDTV, the police noticed the prisoner’s escape only after they arrived at the police station and did not find him inside the car.  

The man hasn’t been caught yet. An inquiry by the Civil Police has been initiated to get a clearer understanding of how he escaped. A possible explanation that is being studied is if there was any fault in the coupling that closes the car’s compartment. 

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This is not the first time that a prisoner has escaped from the police. Just last month, a man identified as Tukuna Mali from Kumbharigaon village in Orissa, escaped from Baliguda Sub-Jail in Kandhamal district by cutting the grill. 

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In Brazil itself, hundreds of prisoners broke out of four jails in May 2020, the day before their day-release privileges were due to be suspended over the coronavirus outbreak, Sao Paulo state prison authorities and local media reported. A video on social media showed a long stream of prisoners purportedly fleeing a prison, reported Reuters.