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3 convicts released from Madurai prison

Madurai: Three convicts were released from Madurai Central Prison on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary on Wednesday.

Prisoners K Petchimuthu, 39, from Virudhunagar district, who was awarded one year rigorous for a crime related to burglary, K Thavamani, 32, of Aruppukkottai in Virudhunagar district, who received one year rigorous imprisonment punishment in a dowry case, and V Balu, 32, of Kottampatti in Madurai district, who received two years rigorous imprisonment in connection with a hurt case, walked free from the prison.

Petchimuthu was convicted in December 2018, Thavamani in January 2019 and Balu in March 2018.

Officials said that hundreds of prisoners have been released from prisons across the counrty to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Gandhi.

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