Held under Arms Act, man flees from police custody at Pune’s Sassoon hospital

The police have identified the accused as Balu alias Chakradhar Godse, 30, of Ahmednagar’s Shrigonda. A first information report (FIR) in this regard was lodged by Constable Prakash Mandge at Bundgarden police station.

According to the FIR, Godse was arrested recently in a case lodged at Shrigonda police station. He was admitted to ward number 26 of Sassoon Hospital on April 19 for treatment of a mental condition. Around 7.30 pm on April 22, when a policeman accompanying him went to the washroom, Godse allegedly released himself from his handcuffs and escaped.

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The police have launched a search for the accused. He has been booked under section 224 of the Indian Penal Code.