Tamil Nadu forms high-level panel after Theni jailbreak; Madras HC orders inquiry into alleged prisoner torture

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Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay has set up a high-level committee, led by former DGP JK Tripathi, to recommend measures to strengthen the security of prisons across Tamil Nadu in the wake of the jailbreak in Theni, where 17 inmates escaped but were recaptured within days. A press release from the TVK…