India, Oct. 28 -- The four convicts out of the total 17 prisoners who were on the run after making an escape from the Theni jail were arrested on Wednesday, police said.

While two prisoners, P Ponmuthuselvam and R Rejin, were traced by one of the 17 special teams formed to nab the convicts, brothers K Thirupathy and K Meenakshi Sundaram surrendered at the Cumbum police station in the district, officials said.

P Ponmuthuselvam and R Regin were nabbed using drones at the Kottaipatti foothills located behind the jail in a dense forest area. They were nabbed by a team led by the Superintendent of Police K S Praveen Gowtham, officials said.

When HT reached out to DGP Prisons Sandeep Rai Rathore on Wednesday, he confirmed that Thirupathy and...