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A senior police officer said: "The driver had stopped the jeep to drop off his relative near Bodeli, but Chiman Tudvi, 25, took the opportunity to jump out and flee. The police gave a chase, but Tudvi managed to escape."
The convict is a resident of Pavi Jetpur in Vadodara district. While the police have launched combing operations, Tudvi remains at large. The police are now contemplating action the guilty escort party.
Vadodara Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) B S Bhabhor said: "Tudvi was an auto-lifter and a burglar. The police had arrested him just a day before and obtained his remand when he managed to escape," Bhabhor said.
The convict's flight has caused the Vadodara police a considerable amount of embarrassment.
Incidentally, this is the fourth such escape within a fortnight. Just three days ago, eight inmates in the Halol sub-jail managed to break out of the jail after sawing through a ventilation window, while on May 30, a dacoit gave the police the slip while being escorted back to the Dahod sub-jail from a court in Jhabwa in Madhya Pradesh. On June 3, five dacoits managed to break out of their cell in the Dahod sub-jail, but were unsuccessful. One was shot dead and the others were nabbed after an alarm was raised.
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