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Daring jail break in TN, 17 inmates escape after attacking guards, 5 recaptured : Police

Chennai, Oct 27 (UNI) In a daring jail break, the Tamil Nadu police on Tuesday said 17 inmates of the Theni District Jail escaped last after attcking the security guards, of which five of them were recaptured and a search was on to nab the remaining 12 inmates.
An official release here said, the District Jail, Theni has been functioning at Thekkampatti since January 10, 2019. The authorised capacity of the prison is 200 inmates.
On Monday night, a total of 334 prisoners were confined in the prison. At around 10.00 p.m., some prisoners raised an alarm stating
that an inmate in the Third Block was experiencing epilepsy. Para Guard of the Third Block, Stalin Prabhu (Grade II Warder, No.15), proceeded inside to ascertain whether the prisoner was experiencing any difficulty. They overpowered him and attempted to escape.
Their attempt was challenged at the main gate guard. However, they overpowered the guards, then snatched the keys, opened the main entrance and escaped.
A total of 17 inmates escaped. They were Lingaprasath, Solaimugileswaran, Raja Sikkandhar, Meenakshi Sundaram, Silambarasan, Karuppasamy, Sabarinathan, Ponmuthuselvam, Nishanth, Praveenkumar, Muthuelangovan, Rejin, Dharunkumar, Thiruppathi, Rajkumar, Pandiselvam and Karthickraja.
Following this incident, five prisoners Praveenkumar, Silambarasan, Raja Sikkandhar, Rajkumar and Lingaprasath have been recaptured.
The Tamil Nadu Police has launched a massive search operation to arrest remaining 12 prisoners. A case has been filed in Gandamanur Police Station u/s 121(1), 296(b), 115(2), 118(1), 309(4), 109, 262, 353/3 of BNS.
A total of nine prison staffs of the District Jail have been placed under suspension for lack of duty.
Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services Dr.Sandeep Rai Rathore, Inspector General of Prisons and Correctional Services R.Kanagaraj, DIG Prisons Madurai Range Dr.A.Murugesan, Superintendent, Central Prison, Madurai, R.Krishnaraj, IG South Zone Madurai Vijeyndira Bidari, DIG Madurai Range Dr.Abinavkumar, and Superintendent of Police Praveen Gowtham, visited the District Jail to review the situation, the release said.
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