Police say 47-year-old Orijol Rukaj escapes while on pallbearer duties at his brother’s funeral in Melbourne and remains on the run. Multiple reports state that minutes after he carries his brother’s coffin to its final resting place, Rukaj evades police or corrections detection and leaves the cemetery. The Guardian reports the funeral takes place at a Melbourne cemetery on Anzac Day, with about 300 people attending. It says corrections staff escort him to the Keilor East service before he assumes pallbearer duties, but that the staff do not bring him back to prison afterward. All accounts identify Rukaj as an escaped prisoner and describe his flight following the funeral. The Guardian adds that police believe he is in Melbourne and that he has been missing for several weeks, indicating an ongoing search and investigation. No additional details about how he disappeared or his current whereabouts are provided in the supplied summaries, but the reports agree on the key timeline: he is granted temporary movement for the funeral, then does not return and avoids detection shortly after the service concludes.