The special teams have shared the pictures of the escaped accused with officers at different locations across Tamil Nadu and Kerala
A look back at the once-powerful fort of St. Louis in Pondicherry, which had been the French answer to Madras’ Fort St. George
Visvalingam Manivannan said the Tamil diaspora, living in the West, were not in a position to travel to Jaffna directly
According to a notification published in the government gazette, the minimum fare has been fixed at ₹50 for upto 1.8 km
Less than 24 hours after the jailbreak, police captured 13 of the escapees during a manhunt. The incident was attributed to human error and security lapses in the prison protocols. Authorities have suspended nine prison staff members for their negligence during the escape. Preliminary investigations revealed that five inmates orchestrated the escape by assaulting prison staff and taking their keys.
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An alert auto driver cut short one jail inmate’s tryst with freedom by handing him over to the authorities. Linga Prasath, a suspect in a ganja-peddling case, spent the night hiding in a govt building near the Theni sub-jail.
The escape of 17 prisoners from Theni sub-jail has brought Tamil Nadu’s prison department under scrutiny, exposing a decades-old staff crunch despite overcrowding of the prisons. Nearly 15% of sanctioned posts remain vacant in the prison.
Opposition parties on Tuesday slammed TVK govt for the escape of 17 prisoners from Theni sub-jail, accusing Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay of failing to maintain law and order.