As cops nap, 2 inmates escape
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Two young men, who were arrested for house break-in cases on Sunday morning by the Santa Cruz police from Santa Cruz (West), escaped from the police station in the afternoon, while the two constables guarding them were fast asleep. While one of the accused was traced on Monday, a hunt is on for the second accused.
According to the Santa Cruz police, the incident took place in the afternoon before 4 pm when the two accused, Ravi Raghuvandan Das (21) and Veerapan alias Tambi Veer Swami (21), were inside the lockup.
The two on-duty constables, who were posted outside the lockup to guard the accused, fell asleep. Taking advantage of this, one of the accused used a broom kept next to the lockup and pulled the key lying near the head of one of the constables.
The two quietly opened the lockup which is located behind the police station and escaped without being seen by other policemen. When asked about the constables who were on duty at time of the jailbreak, senior officers refused to divulge their names.
Incidentally, every police station has CCTV cameras inside the lockup and in other parts of the police station which is constantly monitored by a senior police inspector. An official informed that the CCTV in the lockup was not functioning.
Both the accused are residents of Gazdarbandh slum area in Santa Cruz (West). The duo was arrested under Sections 457 and 380 of the Indian Penal Code. They are said to have a prior criminal record. A case has been registered against them under Section 224 of the Indian Penal Code for escaping from police custody.
In another incident, a 35-year-old accused who was brought to the Andheri magistrate court for gaining his custody, escaped from the bathroom after hoodwinking the constable on Monday afternoon. The Andheri police has launched a manhunt to find him. The police said the accused, identified as Asif Chiliya, was caught in a robbery case and was lodged in the Taloja prison. He was taken to the court after his remand in police custody ended on Monday. At around 3 pm,
Chiliya asked one of the constables to take him to the toilet on the first floor of the court. Chiliya quietly removed the grill of the
toilet’s window, climbed down from the
pipeline and ran away while the constable was waiting for him to come out.
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