Escaped prisoner who fled brother’s funeral believed to be in Melbourne, police say

Orijol Rukaj was on pallbearer duties when he evaded corrections staff – and has been on the run for the six weeks since

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Police say it was a busy funeral – with about 300 people gathering at a Melbourne cemetery on Anzac Day to farewell the brother of Orijol Rukaj.

Before assuming his duties as a pallbearer, Rukaj was escorted to the Keilor East service by corrections staff. But corrections staff didn’t bring him back to prison.