Nepali woman rape case:Accused a Rowdy-Sheeter escape while escorting to medical test in Bengaluru

Dr B Thomas (Special correspondent) 

 

A rowdy sheeter has escaped while being taken to a medical examination in connection with a rape case.Police are searching for him at the DJ Halli police Station.

A 22-year-old rowdy-sheeter caught by residents for raping a woman and handed over to the police later escaped from police custody while being escorted to the station after medical examination on Thursday.

The accused Awez,involved in 27 criminal cases and expelled from city in July last year,returned to the city and raped a woman barging into the house in DJ Halli in the wee hours of Thursday.

The woman,wife of a security guard was alone while husband at work when the incident occurred.

Residents rushed to her help caught Awez and handed over to the police .

However the accused while being escorted back to the station from hospital,Awez pushed two policemen and escaped from outside the hospital .

DCP East Division,Dr Bheemashankar S Guled told reporters that two special teams have been formed to track down the accused.

The police have booked a case of assaulting government servant while on duty case against him and ordered inquiry into the incident .

Based on the inquiry strict action would be taken against the policemen,he said.