Woman inmate who escaped from Chennai’s Puzhal prison nabbed in Bengaluru

On December 13, A Jayanthi was found missing when jail officials took a head count of the inmates at the women’s jail in Puzhal.

A case was then registered at Puzhal police station and two special teams were formed to nab the absconding accused. (Representative Photo)

The 32-year-old woman prisoner who escaped from the Special Jail for Women in Puzhal on the outskirts of Chennai three days ago was nabbed by the police from Bengaluru on Saturday.

A Jayanthi, who hails from Bengaluru and lived in Perumbakkam before her arrest, had been held in connection with three cases of theft at K-8 Arumbakkam police station and two other theft cases at Choolaimedu police station, and remanded in judicial custody at the special prison. Based on the orders of Greater Chennai Police (GCP) Commissioner Sandeep Rai Rathore, Jayanthi was detained under the Goondas Act on November 21.

“The special teams rushed to Bengaluru and carried out an extensive probe for two days before arresting Jayanthi, who was hiding in the forest area near Govenpur Nagar in Bengaluru, early on Saturday morning. She has been brought to Chennai,” a statement from the police said.

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On December 13, Jayanthi was found missing when jail officials took a head count of the inmates in the evening. Earlier in the day, escorted by two wardens, she had reportedly cleaned the visitors’ room area. The wardens were suspended on Thursday.

A case was then registered at Puzhal police station and two special teams were formed to nab the absconding accused. The police said they received a tip-off that Jayanthi was hiding in Bengaluru.

Janardhan Koushik

Janardhan Koushik is Deputy Copy Editor of indianexpress.com. He is a New Media journalist with over five years of reporting experience in the industry. He has a keen interest in politics, sports, films, and other civic issues. Janardhan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication from SRM Arts and Science College and a PG Diploma in New Media from Asian College of Journalism, one of the top ranked journalism schools in India. He started his career with India Today group as a sub-editor as part of the sports team in 2016. He has also a wide experience as a script-writer having worked for short-films, pilot films as well as a radio jockey cum show producer while contributing for an online Tamil FM. As a multilingual journalist, he actively tracks the latest development in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry utiling his well-established networks to contribute significantly to breaking news stories. He has also worked as a sports analyst for Star Sports. ... Read More

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