All 17 Theni Jail Escapees Recaptured; Prisons Chief Transferred
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Tamil Nadu police recaptured all 17 remand prisoners who escaped from the Theni district jail, ending a search operation in less than 40 hours, authorities said. Three days after the jailbreak, the state government transferred Director-General of Police for Prisons Sandeep Rai Rathore to another post and appointed K. Shankar to lead Prisons and Correctional Services.
The prisoners escaped late Monday, October 26, after claiming that an inmate was suffering an epileptic seizure. When a warder opened their cell, the group overpowered him, assaulted other personnel, seized keys and fled through the main gate.
Police formed 17 special teams and searched Theni, nearby hills and forest areas, and locations near the Kerala border. Five prisoners were caught during the initial searches, eight were located in a forest with the help of high-definition drones, and the remaining four were apprehended Wednesday. The Hindu identified the final two as brothers Tirupathi and Meenakshi Sundaram.
Nine prison employees were suspended over alleged negligence, and authorities ordered an inquiry. Rathore described the escape as the result of human error and a breach of security protocols. The BBC reported that the jail held 334 inmates despite a capacity of 200, while only four guards were on duty when the escape occurred.
Following the jailbreak, Tamil Nadu ordered armed warders to staff district-jail watchtowers and authorised them to fire when attacked or to prevent escapes. Officials also said security audits were nearing completion and announced plans to separate first-time offenders from hardened criminals and members of the same gang.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Correct the status of the security audits to match the source. - "Officials also announced security audits": The source says the security-audit and gap-analysis process was already nearing completion, not that officials announced new audits following the jailbreak.
THE DRAFT AND THE CHANGES
All 17 Theni Jail Escapees Recaptured; Prisons Chief Transferred
Tamil Nadu police recaptured all 17 remand prisoners who escaped from the Theni district jail, ending a search operation in less than 40 hours, authorities said. Three days after the jailbreak, the state government transferred Director-General of Police for Prisons Sandeep Rai Rathore to another post and appointed K. Shankar to lead Prisons and Correctional Services.
The prisoners escaped late Monday, October 26, after claiming that an inmate was suffering an epileptic seizure. When a warder opened their cell, the group overpowered him, assaulted other personnel, seized keys and fled through the main gate.
Police formed 17 special teams and searched Theni, nearby hills and forest areas, and locations near the Kerala border. Five prisoners were caught during the initial searches, eight were located in a forest with the help of high-definition drones, and the remaining four were apprehended Wednesday. The Hindu identified the final two as brothers Tirupathi and Meenakshi Sundaram.
Nine prison employees were suspended over alleged negligence, and authorities ordered an inquiry. Rathore described the escape as the result of human error and a breach of security protocols. The BBC reported that the jail held 334 inmates despite a capacity of 200, while only four guards were on duty when the escape occurred.
Following the jailbreak, Tamil Nadu ordered armed warders to staff district-jail watchtowers and authorised them to fire when attacked or to prevent escapes. Officials also announcedsaid security audits were nearing completion and announced plans to separate first-time offenders from hardened criminals and members of the same gang.
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