An under-trial prisoner, while being discharged from the SCB Medical College Hospital here after treatment, escaped from police custody on Wednesday, informed the Commissionerate police.
According to sources, M Nani, arrested in connection with a highway robbery case and lodged in the Jajpur Road Sub-Jail, was undergoing treatment at the hospital for a over a week. While he was being discharged from the hospital, he escaped, apparently finding the deployed policemen off guard.