Mumbai Police Launch Hunt After Bangladeshi Detainee Escapes Kurla Custody
The breach highlights weak supervision in a police housing block used to hold people awaiting deportation.
Overview
- Police say 36-year-old Meerjan Begam Ismail Sheikh, held for illegal stay, slipped out around 4:10 am Thursday after asking to use the washroom.
- CCTV footage cited by investigators shows her leaving the Kurla police colony and later walking near Bhabha Hospital with her husband, Manish Baldev Rajbhar.
- An FIR based on head constable Manda Yashwant Jagtap’s complaint invokes the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including Sections 262, 263 and 3(5), against the woman for escape and her husband for aiding it.
- She was among eight people, including five women and three children, kept in a vacant police residential quarter rather than a formal detention facility.
- The manhunt and an internal probe are underway as officers examine possible negligence or collusion and review how detainees are guarded before deportation.