Agartala, May 14, 2024, TRIPURA TIMES Desk

Agartala/ Charilam, May 14: A convict who was serving life sentence managed to escape from the Central Correctional Home at Prabhurampur in Bishalgarh, sending the administration into a tizzy.

The convict- Swarna Kumar Tripura, a notorious extremist and resident of Sakhbari in South Manu Bazar, was serving life sentence in a murder case in the central jail. 

He had escaped from the jail two times earlier– from central jail in 2016 and Kanchanpur sub-jail in 2022.

During the routine exercise, when the counting of prisoners was going on, the convict was found absent on Tuesday morning. The matter was immediately taken up with the authorities concerned.

The Inspector General (Prison) along with Superintendent of Police, Sepahijala district and Bishalgarh police rushed to the central jail soon after the incident.

A massive search operation is underway. Police already initiated a probe and is also checking the CCTV footage. The convict remained untraced till the last information came in.