Man accused of raping British national escapes from Goa jail

    Panaji, Sep 22 (PTI) A 32-year-old man accused of
raping a British woman escaped from the Central Jail in Goa on
Tuesday, police said.
    Ramchandran Chennadayellappa, a native of Tamil Nadu,
was facing trial for allegedly raping the woman at Canacona in
South Goa district in December 2018.
    He escaped from the Central Jail, located around 15 km
from here in Colvale, in the early hours of Tuesday, a senior
police official said, adding that search was on to nab him.
    The accused had earlier also escaped from the prison
in July 2019 and was rearrested by the police in Tamil Nadu,
he said.
    He is facing trial before South Goa district judge in
the rape case and before Judicial Magistrate First Class,
Pernem (North Goa) for escaping from judicial custody. PTI RPS
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