The New Indian Express, Tamil Nadu
Theni Jail escape echoes ’95 Vellore breakout
CHENNAI: The brazen escape of 17 inmates from Thekkampatti prison on Monday night is the worst jailbreak recorded in the state after the notorious Vellore prison escape of 1995. In the early hours of August 15, 1995, 43 LTTE militants, including four women, escaped from the…