Following Haider’s escape from the SCB Hospital in Cuttack, it was reported that the VIMSAR doctors at Burla had referred him to the SCB.
But the VIMSAR authorities have strongly refuted the matter. “Haider was not referred by us to Cuttack.
His name is not there in the indoor or outdoor register of our hospital,” said VIMSAR Superintendent Dr Lal Mohan Nayak on Sunday. Haider came for treatment to Burla on December 12, 2020 and went back to jail on the same day. “He required plastic surgery for a bullet injury and the doctors here only told him that this facility is available at Cuttack only. But none of us referred him to Cuttack,” Dr Nayak claimed.
Now, Sambalpur jail staffs, on strict condition of anonymity, revealed Haider’s lifestyle in the jail. “He was provided all facilities by senior officials for fear only,” they said.
Though it is claimed that only six police personnel were guarding the gangster at the SCB Hospital, other policemen of Cuttack and the hospital outpost were also reportedly engaged for his security, sources said.