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CHENNAI: Three meals a day, a shelter and some company — that was enough for Gnanaprakasam to prefer jail to home. The 52-year-old Chennai resident, on bail after being imprisoned for theft, stole a bike, flashed his face in front of CCTV cameras and waited for police to arrest him, all because he missed prison life.

“He said he missed prison food ,” said ACP P Asokan. “Obviously he was not very happy at home as his family didn’t take care of him.” Gnanaprakasam told police that he enjoyed his stay in prison, where he got breakfast, lunch and dinner on time. “He said that, unlike at home, in prison there was nobody who called him lazy. He said that he was also keen on catching up with some friends he made in jail,” Asokan said.

In a rare happy ending for both police and accused, he was sent back to prison.

