Sub-jail shut down to intensify search for absconding prisoners

November 23, 2012

Kasargod, November 23: The sub-jail here was shut down and all its inmates were sent to Kannur central prison to avail of the services of the jail staff to trace the three absconding prisoners who jumped jail on Tuesday.

Though four inmates had escaped from the prison, Mohammed Iqbal, a twin murder accused, was rearrested hours later. The escapees had inflicted multiple stab wounds on jail warder K. Pavithran with a knife.

The decision to close down the sub-jail was taken after Director General of Police (Prisons) Alexander Jacob who visited here on Wednesday in the aftermath of the jailbreak.

The police have intensified search in the forest areas close to Iriyanni.

The DGP had ordered that the services of entire jail staff, including the Jail Superintendent, two head warders, nine warders and 42 trainee warders, be utilised to nab the absconding prisoners. A special force has been formed for the purpose.

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Elusive bamboo shrimp resurfaces in Mangaluru estuary after 70 years

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Mangaluru, Dec 7: A rare bamboo shrimp has been rediscovered on mainland India more than 70 years after it was last reported, confirming for the first time the presence of Atyopsis spinipes in the country. The find was made by researchers from the Centre for Climate Change Studies at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, during surveys in Karnataka and Odisha.

The team — shrimp expert Dr S Prakash, PhD scholar K Kunjulakshmi, and Mangaluru-based researcher Maclean Antony Santos — combined field surveys, ecological assessments and DNA analysis to identify the elusive species. Their findings, published in Zootaxa, resolve decades of taxonomic confusion stemming from a 1951 report that misidentified the species as Atyopsis moluccensis without strong evidence.

The shrimp has now been confirmed at two locations: the Mulki–Pavanje estuary near Mangaluru and the Kuakhai River in Bhubaneswar. Historical specimens from the Andaman Islands, previously labelled as A. moluccensis, were also found to be misidentified and actually belong to A. spinipes.

The rediscovery began after an aquarium hobbyist in Odisha spotted a shrimp in 2022, prompting systematic surveys across Udupi, Karwar and Mangaluru. Four female specimens were collected in Mulki and one in Odisha, all genetically matching.

Researchers warn the species may exist in very small, vulnerable populations as freshwater habitats face increasing pressure from pollution, sand mining and infrastructure development. All verified specimens have been deposited with the Zoological Survey of India for future reference.

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