KANNUR: Accused in drug case escapes prison. The accused escaped from Kannur Central Jail. Harshad, a native of Koyyode, evaded the police and escaped from jail. The incident happened while he was going to pick up the newspaper in the morning. He escaped riding on the backseat of someone else's bike.

Harshad was sentenced to ten years in prison in a drug case. He was serving the sentence from September 2023 in the case taken up by the Kannavam police. He escaped this morning from the prison very skillfully in the meantime.