The Commissionerate Police on Tuesday announced a reward for capture of gangster Shahjahan Khan alias Patu, who escaped from police custody on March 5 from the SCB Medical College Hospital, Cuttack.
“Police have intensified raids to nab Patu. At the same time, we appeal to the denizens to cooperate with us and pass us on information about him. We would give Rs 5000 reward for the person whose information helps us catch him,” said Commissioner of Police YB Khurania.
Khurania also stated that photographs of Patu would be pasted at major locations of the city to raise public awareness.
Notably, Patu who was under treatment at the SCB Medical College Hospital, after getting injured in a police encounter in Bhubaneswar, escaped from custody when he was being shifted from the surgery ward to orthopaedics for plastering of his ankle.
In this connection, six police officials, including an ASI, have been suspended.