Chennai, Oct. 27 -- BJP Tamil Nadu chief spokesperson Narayanan Thirupathy on Tuesday termed the escape of undertrial prisoners from the Theni sub-jail a "humiliating failure" of the TVK government, alleging incompetence and mismanagement in prison security.

In a post shared on X, Thirupathy criticised Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay's administration over the jailbreak, which took place on the night of October 26-27. He alleged that the escape exposed serious lapses in security and questioned how a group of inmates managed to overpower prison staff and flee.

"The Theni jailbreak is a humiliating failure of the TVK @TVKPartyHQ government and a direct indictment of @CMOTamilnadu, C. Joseph Vijay's @TVKVijayHQ administration. Seventeen under...