India, Oct. 27 -- As many as 13 of 17 convicts who broke out of a jail in Tamil Nadu's Theni district have been recaptured, and one of them was sent back in the auto he took after the escape.

Director General of Police (Prisons) and Correctional Services Dr Sandeep Rai Rathore, Inspector General of Prisons and Correctional Services R Kanagaraj, DIG Prisons Madurai A Murugesan IGP South Zone Vijayendra S Bidari visited the incident site and briefly met local jail authorities and reviewed the situation at the jail premises.

Earlier in the day, IGP Bidari confirmed that four of the 17 prisoners who escaped from the Theni sub-jail have been arrested during combing operations.

The fifth convict was arrested from an autorickshaw, which he ha...