Prisoner escapes from Baroda jail

EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE

VADODARA, Oct 14: One Raju Bharwad, a murder convict serving life sentence in the Baroda Central Jail since April 22, 1993, fled from the jail on Wednesday evening. Jail superintendent Ramnivas Meena told Express Newsline that Bharwad had of late been promoted to be senior prisoner and made watchman for the 50 cows and bulls of the jail. He fled when he was out in the 26-acre open area around the jail with another warder Gopalbhai for cattle-grazing.

Bharwad, hailed from Dhandhuka while his family members currently live in Surat. The Jail Superintendent, Meena said police of both the cities had been alerted. Meanwhile, according to official sources, Bharwad is the fourth convict to escape from the jail even as one of the three others had been nabbed in recent past.

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