A 46-year-old woman under-trial in case of kidnapping and helping in sexual assault escaped from Sultania hospital during treatment on Sunday.
Police said that the woman prisoner Nisha Gupta alias Vishwakarma was brought to Sultania hospital for treatment after the doctor at the jail hospital referred her for further treatment on October 27.
From the day of her admission till her escape, she worked on the details of the security and escape-plan and in the early morning hours on Sunday she got the chance and escaped from the spot.
The shift of the security guards ends in the morning and before the completion of the shift, security guard freshen up in the early morning hours and the accused chose which could made her escape easier.
On duty woman jail warder laxmi Yadav allowed the accused to go to the toilet alone which helped in the easy escape.
After the accused delayed in returning, laxmiu went to check her whereabouts and failed to find her and informed the senior officers regarding the missing accused.
Jail officials rushed to the hospital and tried to find the accused but failed and later lodged a complaint with the Talaiya police about the absconding accused. She was admitted at ANC ward near gate no 2.
It is to be noted here that a case was registered by the minor victim that on February 11, 2015, the accused misled her,and later Nisha’s 31-year-old son Manish Gupta sexually assaulted her. Then, she was handed over to Gyanendra of Raisen who held her captive and sexually assaulted her. She managed to escape and lodged a complaint with the Misrod police on December 28, 2016.
Nisha and Gyanendra were nabbed while Manish went absconding and is still at large.