India, Oct. 10 -- Three of the six inmates who escaped from Tripura's Dharmanagar Sub-Jail on October 1 have been apprehended, officials confirmed on Friday following the latest arrest in Assam.

On that early morning, six prisoners, five undertrials and one serving a life sentence, overpowered a jail guard using sharp weapons and broke out.

A Tripura Police team, led by Sub?Inspector Biswajeet Das of Dharmanagar Police Station and supported by Assam Police, arrested fugitive Rahim Ali in Sribhumi district (formerly Karimganj) in southern Assam.

Earlier, police captured Abdul Pata and Narayan Chandra Datta from Dharmanagar on October 1 and 2, respectively.

North Tripura Superintendent of Police Avinash Kumar Rai stated that multiple se...