An inmate at the Welikada Prison was arrested when attempting to flee the premises in an attire similar to a prison guard's uniform.
The Department of Prisons said a death row inmate at the Welikada Prison escaped when he was taken out of the cell for a religious program on Sunday (25).
Prison officers had later arrested him while he was boarding a train at the Maradana Railway Station and brought him back to the Welikada Prison.
The inmate was convicted of murder and sentenced to death by the Gampaha High Court in 2015.
He is a 42-year-old resident of Pannala.
The Prisons Department said an investigation will be conducted under the Prison Superintendent of the Colombo Remand Prison.
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