Man escapes from jail, caught by evening

An accused in a theft case who escaped from the Koyilandy Sub Jail on Sunday morning was arrested at Poonoor later in the day. Anas, 26, a native of Balussery, was under judicial custody for stealing copper parts of a generator at a private hospital in Poonoor recently. He had allegedly climbed over the jail compound wall where it was rather short close to the court complex when he was let our for morning rituals at around 7 a.m. on Sunday. The jail authorities launched a search party and found him at Poonoor by the evening.