Six inmates of the Dharmanagar sub-jail in North Tripura district, including a Bangladesh citizen, escaped from the prison after attacking a security guard on Wednesday, officials said. One of the escapees was arrested in the evening during a massive manhunt initiated for them.

Amid Durga Puja celebrations, five undertrial prisoners and a convict escaped from the prison at Kalikapur around 6 am, when they were brought out for morning rituals and breakfast, a police officer told indianexpress.com . The escapees attacked a jail security guard, Bedu Miah, with some sharp weapons, the officer said, adding that he was taken to Dharmanagar District Hospital, where he is now out of danger.

The prisoners who escaped were identified as Najim Uddin and Md. Rahim Ali, both from Churaibari, situ

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