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Two Constables Suspended After Prisoner Escapes in Pudukkottai
A prisoner accused in a theft case escaped while being taken for a medical check-up.
Two police constables were escorting the prisoner.
The trip was being made on a two-wheeler.
The prisoner pushed the constables aside and ran away.
The escape happened on Sunday night in Pudukkottai.
Police superintendent Ravindra Kumar Gupta said the constables were negligent.
He suspended both constables.
More than 100 police personnel were searching for the prisoner.
Two armed police constables were suspended after a prisoner escaped in Pudukkottai.
The escape occurred on Sunday night, according to the report.
Constables Manojkumar and Karthik had taken a theft-case prisoner for a medical check-up.
The prisoner was being transported to the government medical college hospital on a two-wheeler.
A special force of more than 100 police personnel was searching for the escaped prisoner.
- Who
- A theft-case prisoner, constables Manojkumar and Karthik, and Pudukkottai Superintendent of Police Ravindra Kumar Gupta.
- What
- A prisoner escaped while being taken for a medical check-up, leading to the suspension of two constables.
- Where
- Pudukkottai, while the prisoner was being taken to the government medical college hospital.
- When
- Sunday night.
- Why
- The constables were suspended for alleged negligence in allowing the prisoner to escape.
Key facts
- Location
- Pudukkottai
- Incident
- Prisoner escaped during transport for a medical check-up
- Prisoner’s case
- Theft case
- Suspended personnel
- Armed police constables Manojkumar and Karthik
- Transport method
- Two-wheeler
- Search operation
- A special police force with more than 100 personnel was deployed
- Ordering official
- Ravindra Kumar Gupta, superintendent of police, Pudukkottai
Sources
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