Assam: Rape accused who fled jail in flooded Dhubri nabbed
Dhubri Girls College had been converted into a designated prison with stipulated security after the district jail was submerged in knee-deep water due to the floods in the state.
All its 409 inmates -- including two women and two children -- were evacuated to the temporary jail on July 14, the police said.
The accused, who is being tried under the POSCO Act had escaped from the makeshift jail at Dhubri Girls College on the night of July 16, district deputy superintendent of police Trinayan Bhuyan said.
The police apprehended the man from Chatapara in Kokrajhar district on July 19 with the help of personnel in the Jaleswar outpost, said Bhuyan, adding the undertrial has been sent back to the designated jail.
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