RJD minister's name in jail escapee's diary

patna: a diary recovered from one of the jail escapees killed in an encounter with the police has the telephone number of a bihar minister, but he denied having any connection with the jailbreaker. police said the diary was recovered from the possession of jail-breaker akshat singh who was killed alongwith two others after escaping from nawada district jail on sunday.the diary contained the telephone numbers of the state minister for labour and training rajballabh yadav. when contacted, the rjd minister said "akshat used to meet me whenever he was subjected to injustice. it is common knowledge that people do have telephone numbers of public personalities." the police said the diary had details of akshat's strategy to escape to bangladesh along with 77 other accomplices lodged in the jail. the jail superintendent, jailor and assistant jailor have been removed since the jailbreak. the main accused in the massacre of 12 people at apsar in june last year, ashok mahato, along with seven of his associates had escaped from the jail after killing a sentry and injuring another on sunday. three of the escapees were killed in a fierce encounter with police in kauakaul area a few hours after their escape.