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All 17 inmates escaped from Theni District Jail, recaptured

Chennai, Oct 28 (UNI) All the 17 inmates of the Theni District Jail, who had escaped after assaulting three dury wardens, were recaptured, the Tamil Nadu Prisons Department announced on Wednesday.
In an official release it said, soon after the inmates escaped on Monday night at 10.00 pm faking seizures to an inmate in the third block, about 17 special teams were formed.
After multiple efforts, including intensive search operations using drones, 13 of them were recaptured yesterday. Two more were recaptured today morning. By monitoring through drone surveillane, the other two escaped inmates were also recaptured this evening.
With this all the 17 escapted inmates were recaptured and brought back to the prison. The release said on the orders of the Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services Sandeep Rai Rathore and with the assistance of 17 special teams, comprising personnel from the Theni Armed Reserve, Special Police Force, and Theni District Police (Law and Order), all the 17 escaped prisoners have been apprehended.
Meanwhile, security has been tightened in all the prisons in the wake of twin incidents--escape of two inmates from Puzhal Central Prison near Chennai and 17 from Theni District Jail--and armed police personnel were deployed. Watch towers were erected to monitor the movementof prisoners and prevent recurrence of such incidents.
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