India, Feb. 28 -- A 24-year-old man who had escaped from Uttar Pradesh's from Kannauj district jail using an improvised rope created by tying several blankets was caught after an exchange of fire with a Crime Branch team in Manesar's Kasan on Friday, police said.

Police said the suspect, Ankit Kumar alias Gudda, hailed from Hajurapur in Kannauj and he had been hiding in a rented accommodation at Khoh village, Manesar. The encounter took place between 4am and 4.30am on Friday, they said.

According to officials, Kumar and one other inmate had escaped from the jail on the intervening night of January 5 and 6 by jumping over a 30-feet high wall using an improvised rope created by tying several blankets. They said the duo had taken advantage...