The 22-year-old Air India cabin crew member who was arrested by the Crime Branch on Wednesday for allegedly raping a girl on the pretext of marriage, escaped from Nagpada Hospital on Friday where he was brought for his routine medical check-up
According to a police official, the accused, Raj Jitendra Patel, gave cops the slip while getting into a taxi to go to Borivli police station at 5 pm, after his check-up at Nagpada Hospital.
“The police team sat inside the cab and Patel just pushed them and ran. Later, a fresh case was registered at the Nagpada police station and we are searching for the accused,” he added.
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Before this, Patel was booked under Section 376 (rape), Section 377 (unnatural sex) and Section 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code.
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