Overview
- CCTV footage shows the prisoner fleeing down a stairwell at Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology as nurses followed and alerted staff.
- The escape occurred on Monday between 1:00 pm and 1:15 pm from the hospital’s third floor while warder Raghu Y R was on duty.
- Police and prison records reported by the latest coverage identify him as Chaitanya Kalyani, 34, from Vijayapura, who was serving a three-year sentence in a theft case.
- He was shifted from Vijayapura jail to Bengaluru Central Prison on August 3 following an oral cancer diagnosis and was admitted to Kidwai on August 21 for treatment.
- Investigators note he cannot speak due to his condition and has a heart tattoo on his right hand; some earlier reports named him differently, and a departmental inquiry is underway.