{"id":281599,"date":"2026-04-23T00:23:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=281599"},"modified":"2026-04-23T00:23:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:53:05","slug":"murder-convict-flees-jail-rearrested-within-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/murder-convict-flees-jail-rearrested-within-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Murder convict flees jail, rearrested within hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 22 Apr:<\/strong> Prompt police action led to the re-arrest of a murder convict who had escaped from a sub-jail in Kurung Kumey district, an official said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Birju Bhumij, in his mid-40s, escaped from Koloriang sub-jail on Tuesday, jail superintendent David Koyu said, adding that following the incident, a massive manhunt was launched to trace the fugitive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Around 11 am on Wednesday, Bhumij &#8212; identified by his one-eyed feature &#8212; was spotted by some women heading to their fields in Nikja village, about 3 km from Koloriang town.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They promptly informed the authorities, who rearrested the accused.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Koyu said the accused, who was convicted in 2014, was undergoing life imprisonment at the sub-jail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sharing details of the escape, the official said that around 7 pm, Bhumij complained he was feeling unwell and running a fever.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When he requested warm water, the jail guard allowed him to get water from the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Taking advantage of the lapse in security, the convict fled the jail, Koyu said, before being arrested. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, 22 Apr: Prompt police action led to the re-arrest of a murder convict who had escaped from a sub-jail in Kurung Kumey district, an official said on Wednesday. Birju Bhumij, in his mid-40s, escaped from Koloriang sub-jail on Tuesday, jail superintendent David Koyu said, adding that following the incident, a massive manhunt was launched [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281602,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-281599","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281603,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281599\/revisions\/281603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}