An under-trial prisoner (UTP), Nakula Majhi, who had been admitted to the Bargarh District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) here, escaped from hospital premises on Thursday midnight.
Majhi is booked in the Jamurda murder case and threatening Mahada GP Sarpanch and was lodged in the Bargarh Sub-Jail.
According to sources, Majhi was critically injured after he harmed himself using a sharp weapon on Thursday evening.
Following this, the jail authorities had admitted him to the Bargarh DHH.
However, Majhi, who went into the toilet attached to the ward, managed to flee from the hospital. Spotting him missing for a long time, cops initiated a search but in vain.
A manhunt to trace the absconding UTP was on, said the Town police station IIC.