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Govindachamy, a convict serving a life sentence in the sensational 2011 Soumya murder case, escaped from the high-security Kannur Central Jail, police said on Friday.
The disappearance came to light during an inspection of his cell in the early hours of Friday, they said.
Kannur SP Nidhinraj P said that the convict was wearing a black shirt and pants at the time of escape, and he had a small beard.
He said that Govindachamy escaped between 4.15 am and 6.30 am as per prison CCTV footage and jumped the compound wall using a rope made out of clothes.
Soumya's mother, speaking to reporters, questioned how the convict escaped the p...