Nagpur: A 24-year-old
bike thief, who tested
Covid positive on November 7, fled from the isolation ward of government medical college and hospital (GMCH) in the wee hours of Monday. He was asymptomatic. On Sunday, he had tested negative.
An offence was registered, but the major challenge before the
Ajni cops is to nab the Covid patient.
Police said the accused sought permission from the doctor on duty to go to toilet. It’s still a mystery as to how the accused managed to leave the ward without anyone noticing him, including the two cops who were stationed there. The cops raised an alarm but it was too little too late.
It’s learnt that the accused was arrested by Yashodharanagar police for stealing a bike. He was sent to central jail on November 6 after he tested negative for Covid.
The following day, Hudkeshwar police wanted to take the accused from central jail after getting his custody remand through the court. The accused was first taken to GMCH for a Covid test where he tested positive. The accused, though asymptomatic, was admitted to the isolation ward from where he gave cops the slip.
Senior inspector Pratap Bhosale of Hudkeshwar police station said that two cops were deployed round the clock outside the Covid ward. “The accused escaped by hiding among the visitors who were leaving the ward. We have launched a search,” said Bhosale.