Commissioner General of Rehabilitation Major General Darshana Hettiarachchi said that 596 prisoners who escaped from the Kandakadu Rehabilitation Center are currently in the custody of the police.
He said they would be produced in court and investigations were currently underway to find other prisoners who escaped.
Upon learning more about this,
Tension in the Kandakattu camp
The tense situation following the death of an inmate at the Kandakadu Rehabilitation Center has now been brought under control.
A tense situation has prevailed at the Kandakadu Rehabilitation Center since the night of the 28th due to the death of a prisoner. Following that, about 600 inmates broke through two main doors of the rehabilitation center yesterday morning and escaped.
Police and Army search
Maj. Gen. Darshana Hettiarachchi said that a group of them had been found and that the army and police had joined hands in the search for the other escaped prisoners.