GLOBEALERT
CONFLICT● LOW1h ago · Oct 27, 2026, 7:47 AM

When 43 LTTE militants escaped from Vellore Fort in 1995 after digging a 153-foot tunnel

The Hindu · south asia

The extremists, including four women, who were housed in a special camp, had dug the tunnel from a bathroom in the Tippu Mahal to the moat. They slipped out in batches. The daring escape sent shock waves as the camp was guarded by five watchtowers and two companies of the Central Reserve Police Force that assisted the Tamil Nadu Police

GlobeAlert aggregates and classifies open sources; the story above belongs to its publisher. Summaries are machine-generated from the source text.

More in Conflict