India News | Convicted Prisoner Escapes from Hospital in Assam
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A prisoner convicted in a rape case escaped from the Diphu Medical College and Hospital, where he was undergoing treatment, in Assam's Karbi Anglong district on Monday, a police official said.
Diphu (Assam), Dec 4 (PTI) A prisoner convicted in a rape case escaped from the Diphu Medical College and Hospital, where he was undergoing treatment, in Assam's Karbi Anglong district on Monday, a police official said.
The prisoner, identified as Aakash Saha, was admitted to the hospital on Sunday after he had complained of uneasiness and breathing difficulties.
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Saha went to the toilet of his ward on Monday morning and then escaped through the ventilator while the guards were outside, the police official said.
The police launched a search operation to nab the prisoner, he said.
Saha was undergoing his sentence of seven years of imprisonment at the Diphu Central Jail in a rape case filed in the Howraghat Police Station of the district, he added.
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