17 undertrial prisoners escape from Tamil Nadu jail as police recapture four
- 17 prisoners lodged together in the same cell escaped from Tamil Nadu’s Theni sub-jail on Monday.
- The prisoners ambushed staff who entered the cell to check on a supposedly sick inmate.
- Four have been recaptured and 17 special police teams are searching, South Zone IG Vijayendra Bidari said.
- The hunt has spread across the state and along the Kerala border, with 13 of the inmates still at large.
Source: indiatoday.in
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