17 undertrial inmates escape Tamil Nadu sub-jail; four recaptured, 13 still at large

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Seventeen undertrial prisoners broke out of the Thekkampatti sub-jail in Tamil Nadu's Theni district. They reportedly feigned epileptic fits to draw jail staff to their cell. When the guards came in, the inmates assaulted them and escaped the facility. Police have so far recaptured four of the escapees, while thirteen are still untraced. Authorities are investigating how the breakout happened and what security failures allowed it.

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