Pasang Sherpa, 30, of Fulping Katti in Singhupalchowk district, had been serving prison term in Dillibazar Jail since 8th Oct 2012, after Kathmandu District Court sentenced him to 15 years in jail along with a fine of Rs 500,000. He was arrested from Kamal Pokhari for possessing brown sugar.
The inmate had a sore eye and was taken to Eye Hospital for treatment. He was accompanied by three policemen, according to jailor Khadga Raj Sharma.
Preliminary investigation shows that the inmate wearing black pants and a white t-shirt escaped while the police were looking for a taxi to take him back to prison after checkup, he said, adding that the convict managed to escape due to negligence of the personnel who were deployed for his security. Sherpa was taken to hospital at 10 am and treatment took not more than 45 minutes, according to the police.
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Jailbird Pasang Sherpa who managed to escape from Tripureswar-based Nepal Eye Hospital where he was taken for eye treatment yesterday.(Photo courtesy: MPRO, Hanumandhoka)
Head Constable Chikandar Yadav, constables Karan Mahat and Khemraj Pangeni were deployed for his security, according to Inspector Rabindra Krishna Shrestha, chief of Dillibazar Jail security. According to him, of the three one came out to look for a taxi, another looked for a mask while only one was left with the inmate. Sherpa all of sudden freed himself from the constable and fled the scene.
“We have circulated his photo and other details to other police stations, but till late evening we are clueless,” SSP Suresh Bikram Shah of Metropolitan Police Commissioners Office, Ranipokhari. The three police personnel have been sent to Hanumandhoka for further investigation, he said.
Meanwhile, a four member team under the leadership of SSP Shah has been formed to investigate the matter. Other members of the team are DSP Rajkumar Silwal, DSP Mohan Pariyar and Inspector Amar Karki.
In a similar incident on September 22, 2014, a Chinese jailbird Ju Yang Kha, 37, serving prison term in Nakkhu jail had escaped from Patan Hospital. He is still at large.
