The Commissionerate police (CP) on Sunday seized the car by which gangster Sheikh Haider had fled to Telangana from the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack. The car was seized by the Telangana police and handed over to the CP following arrest of Haider on April 15. Police are on the lookout for the car’s driver and would also question its owner. Cops are searching for the two-wheeler that was used for the gangster’s escape from the SCB Hospital. According to reports, Haider on April 10 had fled on a motorcycle.
Midway, a car registered in name of one Trilochan Sahoo of Khordha district picked the criminal from Cuttack and took him to Telangana. Police sources said Haider abandoned the car after entering the Telangana border; and as per his plan, he went to Sangareddy district of Telangana by a two-wheeler.Earlier on Saturday, police arrested three more suspects, including a woman, in connection with the escape of Haider.
Cuttack DCP Prateek Singh said, “The arrested persons were identified as Archana Parida, one Imran of the Jobra, Cuttack, and Riaz of Kendrapada, all are associates of Haider.”