UP: Three Covid+ve prisoners who escaped from Bulandshahr hospital caught, one still absconding

Ghaziabad | Tuesday | 29th December, 2020

Summary:

Bulandshahr: Three of the four Covid-positive prisoners who had escaped from a Level-2 hospital in Khurja Nagar area of Bulandshahr district on Sunday night have been caught, police said on Monday.

One of them is absconding.

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Bulandshahr: Three of the four Covid-positive prisoners who had escaped from a Level-2 hospital in Khurja Nagar area of Bulandshahr district on Sunday night have been caught, police said on Monday.

One of them is absconding.

According to police, the four had escaped from the hospital by removing the hasp of the door.

“From the second-floor room where they were kept, there was a door locked from inside, leading to the stairs.

On Sunday evening, they removed the hasp of the door and escaped through the terrace.

Soon after getting the information about their escape, police launched a search operation and caught three of them – Monu (28), his brother Rinku (31) and one Yameen (19).

The fourth prisoner Arshad (25) is still to be caught,” Bulandshahr SSP Santosh Kumar Singh said.

One of them, police said, had gone straight to his house and was caught there.