The Bangalore police have released the latest picture of serial killer and rapist ‘psycho Shankar’, who had escaped from the Bangalore central jail five days ago, after scaling 30-feet walls. According to a CNN-IBN report , there are some speculation that some jail officials might have helped Shankar duck security measures that were in place. Police suspect that Shankar may be hiding along the Maharashtra or Andhra Pradesh border but are no closer to picking up his trail. According a state intelligence report, a cold war between the lower grade jail guards and senior prison officials led to Shankar’s easy escape. [caption id=“attachment_1086995” align=“alignright” width=“380”] Bangalore police has released the picture of ‘psycho Shankar’. Image: ibnlive[/caption] A jail superintendent committed suicide a few years ago and many others have been suspended or transferred on the charges of negligence or corruption in the recent years. According to reports, six guards who were on security duty at the jail hospital, where ‘psycho Shankar’, as he’s is called, was being treated were sleeping on Saturday night. A faction led by a senior jail official had problems with some other senior officials and was waiting for a chance to settle personal scores with them. Psycho Shankar had a thorough knowledge of jail’s security arrangements and layout. Psycho Shankar was categorised as a high-risk convict and was always under the watch. His escape in a dramatic style has sent shock waves across the jail administration and a few more heads are expected to roll. The police team headed by Joint Commissioner of Police BK Singh is looking for him all over Karnataka as well as in the neighbouring states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. They are also taking the help of Tumkur, Chitradurga and Bijapur district police, where Psycho Shankar had earlier been accused of rapes and murders. The Tamil Nadu police are also on high alert and conducting raids and random checks at various places.