Telangana: Undertrial escapes from hospital's Covid ward, traced

WARANGAL/HYDERABAD: An undertrial prisoner, who gave the slip to the police from the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital (MGMH) in Warangal on Thursday night, was nabbed by the police and sent back to the Warangal central prison on Friday.
According to Warangal police, the undertrial prisoner, who was identified as Sayyad Kaiser, a resident of Police Colony in Hanamkonda, was admitted to the Covid-19 ward at the MGMH after he developed fever and cough and began showing Covid-like symptoms on Thursday morning. However, he escaped from the hospital though two policemen were escorting him at the hospital.
On Friday morning, his reports came negative. A preliminary probe revealed that the two policemen were unwilling to catch him as he was a Covid-19 suspect. Further, Kaiser escaped from the hospital ward when the two policemen were having lunch.
“Special teams were formed by Warangal police after the prison authorities lodged a complaint and the undertrial prisoner was traced at a bus stand late on Friday evening and sent back to the local police station,” said police.
Warangal police said that Kaiser was held in a house burglary case a week ago and stolen property worth Rs 34 lakh, including 637 grams of gold and 1.18 kg of silver ornaments, was recovered from him.
The undertrial prisoner, Sayyad Kaiser, a resident of Police Colony in Hanamkonda, was admitted to the Covid-19 ward at the MGMH after he began showing Covid-like symptoms.