Cuttack: The Commissionerate Police Sunday claimed to have seized a car in which gangster Sheikh Hyder had fled to Telangana following his escape from police custody at SCB Medical College and Hospital here April 10.
The Telangana Police seized the car and handed it over to the Commissionerate Police following the arrest of Hyder from Sangareddy district April 15. The Commissionerate Police Sunday brought the seized car to Odisha and parked it on the premises of the Mangalabag Police Station here, said a police officer.
The Commissionerate Police is now searching for the two-wheeler that was used in Hyder’s escape from SCB, he added.
According to sources, Hyder had fled the hospital on a motorcycle. Midway, a car registered in the name of Trilochan Sahoo of Khordha district picked the gangster.
Police source said Hyder had abandoned the car after entering Telangana border and as per his plan, he went to Sangareddy district on a two wheeler.
The gangster was brought back to Odisha April 16 and produced before the JMFC Court in Cuttack. The court had allowed the Commissionerate Police to take the gangster on a 7-day remand for interrogation into the escape case.
However, the police remand was put on the hold as the gangster tested positive for Covid-19 Saturday. He has been kept in the isolation ward of Choudwar jail, sources said.
The Mangalabag police, meanwhile, arrested three persons, including a girl, on charges of assisting Hyder in his escape from police custody. The arrested girl has been identified as Archana Parida, 18, of Bhogarai in Balasore. Parida had acted in a few music albums, sources said.
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