A jailbreak in Theni has become the latest episode in Tamil Nadu’s political battle, with former chief minister M K Stalin invoking the hit show, Prison Break, to attack the Vijay government and the ruling TVK’s IT wing responding with a streaming catalogue of alleged DMK scandals.

Stalin, who lost his Kolathur constituency in the wave that brought actor-turned-politician C Joseph Vijay to power, said Tamil Nadu had moved from “Breaking Bad” to “Prison Break” under the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government.

His criticism followed the escape of 17 prisoners from the district jail in Thekkampatti, near Andipatti. The inmates allegedly attacked a guard who entered their cell after a prisoner appeared to suffer an epileptic fit.…