Overview
- Six inmates fled Dharmanagar sub-jail around 6 am after attacking the guard-in-charge with sharp weapons, and the injured guard, Bedu Miah, is stable in hospital.
- The escapees included five undertrials and life convict Sunil Debbarma, according to officials.
- Police rearrested undertrial Abdul Patta in South Chandrapur on Wednesday evening, while five others remain on the run.
- The fugitives were named as Najim Uddin, Md. Rahim Ali, Rosan Ali, Abdul Patta, Narayan Chandra Dutta and Sunil Debbarma, with Dutta identified as a Bangladeshi national.
- North Tripura SP Avinash Kumar Rai is leading large-scale searches, with all stations alerted, exit points sealed, and the BSF asked to maintain strict vigil along the India–Bangladesh border.