Agartala, Sept 2: One of the six inmates who escaped from Dharmanagar Sub-Jail in Tripura early Wednesday has been apprehended, while an intensive search is on to trace the remaining fugitives, officials said.

Police confirmed that Abdul Patta, one of the escapees, was captured on Wednesday evening from South Chandrapur under Dharmanagar police station limits.

Six inmates, five undertrial prisoners and one serving a life sentence, fled from the jail in North Tripura district after attacking a guard with sharp weapons in the early hours of the day.

Security forces have launched a large-scale operation to nab the other five prisoners still on the run, officials added.

The incident took place when the jail personnel brought the inmates out of their cell for breakfast and for their dail

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