The four convicts out of the total 17 prisoners who were on the run after making an escape from the Theni jail were arrested on Wednesday, police said.
P Ponmuthuselvam and R Regin were nabbed using drones at the Kottaipatti foothills located behind the jail in a dense forest area. The special teams formed undertook combing operations in various locations, including vehicle checks. The services of Armed Reserve, Tamil Nadu Special Police and Special Task Force were utilised as part of the manhunt.
P Ponmuthuselvam and R Rejin, were traced by one of the 17 special teams formed to nab the convicts, brothers K Thirupathy and K Meenakshi Sundaram surrendered at the Cumbum police station in the district, officials said While two prisoners. With this, all 17 inmates were taken back into custody. Based on the instructions of Rathore, an intensive operation was launched on Wednesday to secure four of the 17 convicts. On Tuesday, 13 of them were recaptured by the police. Following the jailbreak incident, multiple cases were filed at the Gandamanur Police Station under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including 121 (1) (causing hurt to a public servant from performing their official duties), BNS 296 (b) engaging in obscene acts, BNS 115 (2) (causing hurt by using a weapon), among others.
They were nabbed by a team led by the Superintendent of Police K S Praveen Gowtham, officials said. When HT reached out to DGP Prisons Sandeep Rai Rathore on Wednesday, he confirmed that Thirupathy and Meenakshi Sundaram, who were on the run, surrendered later this afternoon at the Cumbum police station and they were taken into custody.
