New Delhi, Oct. 26 -- The London police has arrested a convicted asylum seeker who was mistakenly released from jail earlier this week, officials said on Sunday.

Hadush Kebatu, a migrant sex offender, who was freed from prison by mistake on Friday was again arrested from north London on Sunday after a near-three-day manhunt, police said.

"This has been a diligent and fast-paced investigation led by specialist officers from the Metropolitan Police, supported by Essex Police and the British Transport Police," Commander James Conway, who was in charge of overseeing the operation, said in a statement on Sunday.

The Metropolitan Police said that the Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was arrested in the Finsbury Park area.

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