17 remand prisoners escape from sub-jail in Theni district; 13 held so far
The Hindu · 27 October 2026
Preliminary inquiries had revealed that all 17 inmates were locked in a cell when a few of them had called the warder on duty, claiming that an inmate had suffered a seizure (epilepsy).
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