Gujarat: Labourer caught for stealing injections, jumps off third floor

VADODARA: A casual labourer who was caught red-handed for stealing injections at a private hospital in Padra on Tuesday jumped off the third floor of the hospital.
Accused Nikunj Makwana’s legs were severely damaged in the incident while doctors are still assessing his spinal cord injury.
Makwana, who lives in Padra, was nabbed on Tuesday afternoon when he was going to the medical store of the hospital to sell 44 injections that he had stolen from a patient. Makwana told the cops that he needed money for his medicines and hence stole the injections and hand them over to the medical store.
After nabbing the accused, the hospital staff made him sit in a room on the third floor of the building until cops arrived. However, a while later Makwana requested to go to the washroom and when he failed to come out till late, the staff checked inside but didn’t find him. They found a glass pane broken and saw Makwana lying unconscious on the ground floor. He was taken to the health centre at Padra for treatment.
“Doctors are monitoring his health, but they claim that he will take at least six months to recover completely,” said sub-inspector P T Jaiswal of Padra police station.