New Delhi, July 25 -- A jailbreak in Kerala's Kunnur put authorities on high alert on Friday. Govindachamy, a accused in 2011 Soumya rape and murder case, was noweher to be found inside his jail cell early Friday. Kannur police soon spread the word, alerting officals across Kerala and in other states about the jailbreak.

Govindachamy, who had escaped the Kerala jail amid high security, reportedly by cutting the iron rod of the cell and jumping over a tall wall, was caught after hours of search.

The convict, who does not have a left hand, was caught from near a derelict building at Thalap within the Kannur city limits.

Police, with the help of locals, caught him from the well of the National Statistics Office in Thalappu, Mathrubhumi re...