“To find out the circumstances that contributed to the escape, an official check was appointed.

The perpetrators will be held accountable.

The head of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Dagestan, Andrey Polyakov, went to the scene, ”said the agency's interlocutor.

It is reported that the guidelines for the escaped were sent to all territorial departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Earlier, the regional department of the Federal Penitentiary Service reported that six prisoners made a tunnel and escaped from correctional colony No. 2 in Dagestan.