Alertness of residents helped nab Govindachamy
The first to spot the fugitive was Vinoj, a local man on his way to work at Thalap around 9.15am.
"I was riding my two-wheeler when I noticed a man walking slowly on the left side of the road. He looked like a beggar, and we exchanged glances briefly. I had already heard about Govindachamy's escape from prison, and something about the man I saw made me suspicious," Vinoj said.
He noted that the man was carrying what looked like waste cloth on his head, and oddly, his left hand was concealed inside the bundle, further raising suspicion.
"I told a nearby autorickshaw driver that I suspected the man to be Govindachamy. He got on my scooter, and we began to follow him. When I called out his name, he immediately bolted into a narrow lane and jumped over the compound wall of an under-construction building," Vinoj added.
Wasting no time, Vinoj informed Kannur Town police station. Within minutes, a police team arrived and launched a coordinated search operation, sealing off the area to prevent Govindachamy from slipping away.
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Police cordoned off the entire area, sealing all possible escape routes and conducted a thorough search. A female worker, who was clearing the undergrowth, also saw him flee into the thicket.
Sometime later, it was Unnikrishnan a staff member of National Sample Survey Office at Thalap, who spotted Govindachamy hiding inside the well near the office.
"After hearing that he had been seen nearby, I searched the office premises in the morning but found nothing. Later, I returned and opened the door to the well. As I looked inside, I saw him standing on the inner ledge, clutching a rope. I think he had submerged himself in water on hearing me approach and came up just after," Unnikrishnan said.
He said that on seeing him, Govindachamy threatened him with death if he raised an alarm. Police and residents rushed to the spot, and successfully caught him from the well.
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