Thirteen of 17 convicts who escaped a prison in Tamil Nadu’s Theni district on Monday have been captured and a massive manhunt is on the nab the other four prisoners.
The four convicts who are still missing were identified as K Meenakshi Sundaram, R Rejin, K Thirupathy, P Ponmuthuselvam. The accused were involved in various cases including offences for murder, robbery, drug-related offences and offences under the Arms Act. 17 special teams comprising personnel from the Theni armed reserve, special police force and local police in Theni were part of the search that led to the capture of 13 inmates, according to police. Out of 17 convicts who broke out of a jail, 13 were recaptured through intensive combing operations on Tuesday.
Intensive efforts are being undertaken to trace and apprehend the four escaped prisoners at the earliest, a senior police official said. The group allegedly overpowered guards and escaped after one of them feigned an epileptic seizure in the prison’s third block, said officers.
