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…