When 43 LTTE militants escaped from Vellore Fort in 1995 after digging a 153-foot tunnel
In 1995, a group of 43 LTTE militants, including four women, broke out of a Vellore Fort detention camp by tunneling 153 feet from a bathroom in the Tippu Mahal to the surrounding moat. The escape was carried out in small groups despite the camp being monitored by five watchtowers and two CRPF companies working with Tamil Nadu police.