India, Oct. 28 -- Thirteen of 17 convicts who escaped a prison in Tamil Nadu's Theni district on Monday have been captured and a massive manhunt is on the nab the other four prisoners.

According to police, 17 special teams comprising personnel from the Theni armed reserve, special police force and local police in Theni were part of the search that led to the capture of 13 inmates.

The four convicts who are still missing were identified as K Meenakshi Sundaram, R Rejin, K Thirupathy, P Ponmuthuselvam.

Intensive efforts are being undertaken to trace and apprehend the four escaped prisoners at the earliest, a senior police official said. Out of 17 convicts who broke out of a jail, 13 were recaptured through intensive combing operations on...