Goon uses ‘distancing’ to escape from police station

Vadodara: In a major embarrassment to the police, a notorious criminal, who was detained on Monday, managed to escape from the police station. Azharuddin Sindhi alias Ajju Kaniyo simply walked out of the Wadi police station in presence of cops late on Monday night.
The police have formed teams to track down Ajju who was booked for extortion and criminal conspiracy by Wadi police.
According to the police, Ajju, his brother Iqbal and Wali Mohammed Qureshi were accused of threatening a man, demanding money and a flat from him. The cops picked up Ajju and Wali on Monday.
As per mandatory norms, the duo was taken to SSG Hospital for Covid-19 tests Monday evening before arresting them. The police said that after the tests, they were brought to Wadi police station for further questioning.
At about 1 am, Ajju casually walked out of the police station right under the nose of the cops and disappeared in the dark. The Wadi cops realised that he was missing after some time and began search for him.
“Ajju was detained for questioning in an extortion case. He and the other accused were asked to wait at the police station. But now Ajju has escaped,” said S G Patil, ACP.
Senior police officials insist that Ajju didn’t flee from its custody as he wasn’t arrested but admit that the police station staff should have kept an eye on him.
The police said that Ajju was showing symptoms of Coronavirus as he was coughing. His uncle and cousin brother were infected with Covid-19 and he too was staying in the red zone. After being picked up, the cops had kept distance from him fearing that they may get infected too.
Ajju has over 35 offences including , extortion, attempt to murder, loot, rioting and assault registered against him at different police stations in the city.
He has been detained four times under the Prevention of Anti-Social Act (PASA) in the past and even externed twice. He was an accused in the communal riots that broke out in the old city in 2017.