Odisha Police arrests fugitive gangster from Telangana
Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: The Odisha police arrested fugitive gangster and murder case convict Sk Hyder from neighbouring Telangana on Thursday, five days after he escaped from a hospital in Cuttack where he was under treatment, an officer said.
Commissioner of Police, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commisisonrate, S K Priyadarshi said that Hyder was arrested from Sangareddy district in Telangana with help of the police from the neighboring state.
Hyder, serving life imprisonment after being convicted in a murder case, had escaped from SCB Medical College and Hospital on April 10.
"Hyder was under surveillance and when the Cuttack Police became sure about his movements, two special teams were sent to Telangana. They captured him while he was driving a motorcycle in a place in Sangareddy district," Priyadarshi told reporters.
The Cuttack police got help of the police of Medak town and the Hyderabad Police Commissionerate in capturing the gangster who will be brought to Odisha on Friday and produced before a court.
"Excellent work done by Commissionrate Police under leadership of CP SK Priyadarshi and DCP Cuttack Prateek G Singh in arresting fugitive convict Hyder," Director General of Police Abhay said in a tweet.
