Pune, Oct 2 (PTI) A Yerwada jail inmate who was undergoing treatment in a hospital and was the main accused in a Rs 2 crore mephedrone drug bust case in Pune escaped from the medical facility on Monday evening, a police official said.

Lalit Patil managed to flee from Sassoon General Hospital, where he was undergoing treatment for the past three months, when he was brought for an X-ray, the official said.

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On the night of September 30, one Subhash Mandal was held by Pune police's Anti Narcotics Cell from outside Sassoon General Hospital with 2 kilograms of mephedrone worth Rs 2 crore.

His told police he got the drugs from Patil through hospital canteen staffer Rauf Shaikh.

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Mandal, Shaikh and Patil were charged under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and Indian Penal Code provisions in a case registered at Bundgarden police station.

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