Vadodara: A history-sheeter who was arrested for stabbing a bootlegger near Sardar Estate on Ajwa Road last year fled from SSG Hospital on Thursday morning.Priyakant Solanki, who is incarcerated at Vadodara Central Jail was brought to the hospital on Thursday, with five other prisoners.After a check-up in the resident medical officer’s room, Solanki was taken to the store to get the medicines prescribed. When a Lok Rakshak Dal (LRD) jawan was taking Solanki to the medico-legal office in the emergency building, Solanki pushed him and fled. The LRD jawan, Anirudhsinh Gohil, chased Solanki, but he managed to get away.Police looked for Solanki on the hospital campus, but when they could not find him, they called the police control room and headquarters. A case was later registered against Solanki for fleeing and against Gohil and ASI Jayanti Rathwa for negligence.Sources said Solanki had stabbed Sunil Bariya in last April, allegedly because the latter had allegedly tipped off police about Solanki’s bootlegging activities. Solanki’s brother, Ganesh, was also named in the case. He applied for bail, but the sessions court rejected his plea.

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