A prisoner who was convicted of manslaughter and serving a 5-year prison sentence escaped from Bogambara prison in Pallekele yesterday (13) evening.
Jail officials came to know that he had escaped from the open-air prison when the prisoners were sent to their cells in the evening.
The prison authorities have complained to the Pallekele police about the fact that he could not be found anywhere in the prison.
Thus escaped the prisoner Thilak Kumara aka ‘Lapaya’, a resident of Danthudawa in Nikaveratiya.
