Convict escapes second time, held in Thane during lockdown

THANE: A 40-year-old man who was convicted to life term in a triple murder case but had escaped from the Bettiah sessions court in Bihar in January 2019 before being caught, was unlucky for the second time. After fleeing, he was again traced to Thane on Thursday by the city crime branch.
Incidentally, it was on Janaury 04, 2018 that the accused, Parjeet Singh, during a bandh called in the backdrop of Koregaon Bhima violence, was caught in Thane by the same crime branch from Cidco area.Singh had in December 2016, along with four others escaped from the high-security Buxar central jail in Bihar in December 2016 and was traced to Thane on January 4, 2018.On January 27, 2019, he again escaped from Bettiah sessions court in another extortion case which he had committed after fleeing Buxar jail. "After his escape, Bihar police sought the help of Thane police. Accordingly, he was found by a team of crime branch from B-Cabin during Corona lockdown," said a police officer.