On Wednesday, a 26-year-old prisoner awaiting trial broke out of the Mumbai hospital where the police had sent him for medical care. He was found four hours later and put into custody there, according to an official. Vivek Vishwanath Torde, an autorickshaw driver from Bhayandar in the Thane district, was taken into custody in a criminal case and taken to the Taloja central prison in Navi Mumbai as an undertrial detainee, according to Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone I) Jayant Bajbale.
“When he ran away from the hospital, the Navi Mumbai police caught him and took him to the Maharashtra government-run JJ Hospital in downtown Mumbai for medical attention. The JJ Marg police informed their Mira-Bhayandar Vasai-Virar (MBVV) colleagues about the escapee, and an operation was started for him”, according to the DCP.
In the area of authority of the Navghar police station, Torde lived in the Indira Nagar slums. He was discovered hiding in a crematorium in the Indira Nagar slums following a four-hour search, according to the officer. He was then taken into custody and turned over to the JJ Marg police.
In the jurisdiction of the Navghar police station, Torde lived in the Indira Nagar slums.
He was discovered hiding in a crematorium in the Indira Nagar slums after a four-hour search, according to the officer. He was then taken into custody and turned over to JJ Marg Poolice.