A corona positive prisoner fled away from medical college’s isolation ward in Jabalpur on Sunday evening.
Hailing from Indore, Javed Khan was slapped with National Security Act (NSA) for assaulting the on duty policemen and was sent to Jabalpur.
On Sunday evening, the prisoner was being shifted to super speciality ward of the Jabalpur medical college from an isolation ward and sensing an opportunity, he fled from the spot.Khan was kept under police protection but these guards were posted at some distance to save them against infection. Senior officials reached medical college on the receipt of information and all check posts in the district were informed about prisoner’s escape. Several teams have been formed to nab the fugitive. Issuing a picture of the fugitive, Superintendent of Police Amit Singh have urged locals to intimate police in case they spot him anywhere in the city.
The SP also has announced a reward of Rs 10,000 to anyone who offers information about the covid19 positive prisoner. Meanwhile, Bhopal reported 27 fresh cases of infection on Sunday including four two policemen, a municipal employee, nine-year-old girl and another 11-year-old boy. Total number of positive cases have risen to 1407 in Madhya Pradesh including 71 deaths.