A local court in Raipur on Friday sentenced five policemen to three years of jail for helping two murder accused to escape from their custody three years ago. Gang member Vidyut Choudhary was also sentenced to three years imprisonment for escaping.
The Additional Session Judge ND Tigala awarded constables Rupesh Marble, Sunil Singh, Shailendra Ekka and Lenus Kerketta, besides head constable Christopher Lakra and murder accused Vidyut Choudhary, three years in jail, Public Prosecutor Yogendra Tamrakar told PTI.
The guilty policemen had helped the accused Choudhary and Vijay Prakash Rai, who were undertrials in a murder case to escape from their custody on January 29, 2011. On the fateful day, Choudhary and his associate, Vijay Prakash Rai, were being taken back to Ambikapur jail, when the accused policemen connived with the former and allowed him to escape, Tamrakar said.
After his escape, Choudhary reached Raipur and contacted his associate Sameer Tiwari. They allegedly looted some people in the city to arrange money, but were arrested by the Raipur police on the same day.
Later five policemen and Vijay Rai were also held from Raipur bus stand while three others namely Brijeevan Rai, Prabhat Singh, Abdul Zaid Khan were also nabbed for supporting the accused, he said. The court convicted all five guilty police personnel and the accused Choudhary and released others for lack of evidence, he said.
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