Prisoner Escapes From Hospital, Held

An under-trial prisoner, who managed to escape from police custody after being admitted in a hospital, was arrested at his home in less than 4 hours.

According to police, Afsar Khan, an under-trial in a murder case, was shifted from Chanchalguda Jail to the Osmania General Hospital at about 10:50 pm on Tuesday night.

He reportedly consumed some unknown pills in prison, and had to be shifted to the OGH. He was admitted in the MM-2 of the OGH.

However, on Wednesday morning, at about 10am, he gave police constables Srinivas and Muralidhar a slip, and escaped from the hospital on the pretext of going to the toilet.

Since Afsar Khan was an under-trial, he was not in prison uniform, and was not even handcuffed. He comfortably walked out of the hospital without being noticed.

However, the constables sounded an alert after realising his escape, and immediately informed the Afzalgunj police station about it.

However, the police did not have to struggle hard to trace him.

After escaping from the hospital, Afsar Khan directly went to his home at Falaknuma, where he was caught at about 1pm.

He was brought to the Afzalgunj police station, and now faces a fresh case of escaping from police custody. (INN)