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43 LTTE militants escaped Vellore Fort through tunnel

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In 1995, 43 LTTE militants, including four women, escaped a special camp inside Vellore Fort through a 153-foot tunnel dug from a bathroom in Tippu Mahal to the moat, despite heavy security from police and paramilitary forces.

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