Tiruppur jail inmate escapes during power outage
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Tiruppur jail inmate escapes during power outage

New Indian Express  

TIRUPPUR: Tiruppur city police are on the lookout for a 24-year-old remand prisoner who escaped from the district jail in broad daylight on Saturday allegedly when there was a power cut due to which CCTV cameras were not functioning. Following this, a complaint was immediately filed at the Tiruppur North Police Station by prison officials. Preliminary investigations have revealed that the CCTV cameras were not working due to a power cut on Saturday, and Surya used it to escape from prison. On Sunday evening, G Shanmuga Sundaram, DIG of Prisons of Coimbatore range, conducted an investigation into the matter at Tiruppur district jail.

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