Less than 24 hours after 17 remand prisoners escaped from a sub-jail in Theni in the biggest jailbreak in Tamil Nadu in three decades, police caught 13 of them following a manhunt involving scores of personnel and drones.
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.
How 17 Prisoners Overpowered Theni Jail Guards To Effect The Biggest Jailbreak In TN In 30 Years
The first three throws all surpassed the personal best of 73.42m that T Dharanidharan had heading into the National Junior Athletics meet on Tuesday. His initial series read 75.34m, 76.18m and 75.27m as the Tamil Nadu athlete went on to clinch gold in men’s U-20 javelin.
The maximum individual loan limit for UCCSs has been raised to ₹60 lakh for societies with deposits below ₹100 crore and ₹1 crore for those with deposits exceeding ₹100 crore
A sub-inspector and a school student was killed
Special teams analysed CCTV camera footage and nabbed Stephen Raj from his hideout in Vellore