Rajkot: In a joint operation of Bhuj local crime branch (LCB) and the Rajkot rural police, gangster Nikhil Donga who had escaped from prison ward from GK General Hospital in Bhuj was arrested from Nainital town in Uttarakhand on Thursday.
Donga, who was caught hosting ‘dinner’ for his aides inside the Gondal sub-jail last year, had escaped from prison ward of GK General Hospital on Monday early morning.
Four cops, including police sub-inspector (PSI) Ramesh Gangal, constable Rajesh Rathod, PSI N K Bharwad and assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Ali Mamad Osman Langa were arrested for negligence and aiding Donga’s escape from custody.
Gangal and Rathod were charged for being negligence as they were posted in the prison ward of the hospital. Bharwad and Langa were found to in touch with Donga’s aide Bharat Ramani who had come with a car in which the gangster had escaped. Gangal and Rathod were arrested on Wednesday, while Bharwad and Langa were taken into custody on Thursday after Donga was arrested from Nainital, investigating officer deputy superintendent of police J N Panchal.
Donga, a historysheeter, was lodged in Bhuj’s Palara jail since October last year after he was found having ‘dinner’ with his aides inside Gondal sub-jail in Rajkot district.
Last week, Donga was brought to G K General Hospital after he complained of chest pain. At around 1.18 am on Monday, when the cops accompanying Donga — Gagal and Rathod — were asleep, the gangster escaped from the hospital prison ward.
Donga’s aide Ramani was already waiting outside the hospital with a car. Both Donga and Bharat fled in the car which was driven by the unidentified accused.
As per the police records, Donga was running an extortion racket from inside Gondal jail and was booked under Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (GujCTOC) Act.
He has several cases registered against him including murder, issuing threats, extortion among others.