Jeremy Lalthangtura found the judicial system inefficient. He streamlined it from inside the cell.
Between January 30 and March 18, 2026, seventeen convicts — including those serving time for POCSO offences, drug trafficking, and theft — walked out of Lunglei district jail in Mizoram using forged court orders. The alleged mastermind was 22-year-old inmate Jeremy Lalthangtura, who apparently found the formal appellate process too slow. Prison officials received the documents, verified nothing, and complied. Twelve of the seventeen have since been recaptured. One died after release. Three remain at large. The state government discovered the operation on May 9, 2026 — nearly four months after the first release — and responded by forming a Special Investigation Team. The SIT will presumably investigate why jail staff could not distinguish between real and fake court orders for four consecutive months.