A habitual cheater escaped from the custody of Kasturba Marg police on Tuesday afternoon at Mira Road, while he was being escorted to Thane Jail. Police officials said that accused, Santosh Rane (38), asked the cops to stop the vehicle and got down, after saying that he needed to answer nature’s call. Rane fled from the back door of the hotel where he went to use the washroom. Rane was recently arrested in a cheating case, which involved Congress worker Kumud Patil, who along with another accomplice, cheated innocent students and took their money by falsely promising them admissions to the college of their choice.u00a0

On the loo-se: Santosh Rane, who is wanted in several cheating cases, escaped from the hotel (above) in Mira Road