This story is from July 3, 2020

Nigerian inmate trying to flee Vadodara jail ‘arrested’ from tree

A Nigerian undertrial, caught with heroin worth Rs 6 crore and lodged at Vadodara Central Jail was booked on Wednesday on charges of attempted jailbreak.
Nigerian inmate trying to flee Vadodara jail ‘arrested’ from tree
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VADODARA: A Nigerian undertrial, caught with heroin worth Rs 6 crore and lodged at Vadodara Central Jail was booked on Wednesday on charges of attempted jailbreak.
The accused, Mamdubueze Nonso Charles, was found missing on Wednesday morning when the jail staff opened his barrack for attendance.
According to police, Charles was not visible in his cell nor did he respond when the staff called out his name.
At this the jail sepoy opened the cell to check inside and when he checked inside the bathroom of the cell, he saw the wooden roof and the plastic cover above it broken.
Alarm bells rang inside the jail, with staffers including senior officials carrying out a search operation within the premises for the convict, but could not locate him. An hour later, another inmate Nikunj Parmar spotted Charles hiding behind a tree near the jail’s clinic and alerted the officials.
Later, one of the jailers approached the Raopura police station and lodged an offence against the convict.
Charles was nabbed by the Narcotics Control Bureau on March 7, 2018 from Mumbai-bound Rajdhani Express train at Vadodara railway station.
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