Vehicle theft accused flees quarantine centre in Godhra

Vadodara: A man nabbed by the Panchmahal police escaped from a Covid-19 quarantine centre at the Maize Research Station in Godhra late on Thursday night. This is the third time since May that such incident was witnessed at the quarantine centre.
According to sources, Sangramsinh Rathod (24), of Vaktapura in Desar taluka of Vadodara district had been held by the police in connection with vehicle theft.He was brought to the Covid-19 quarantine centre at the hostel of the research facility after collecting his samples for a Covid-19 test.
Rathod had demanded that he should be taken to the bathroom as he wanted to relieve himself. He closed the bathroom door from inside and escaped through the ventilator of the bathroom.
On Monday too, a man who is believed to be suffering from learning disability jumped from the third floor of a quarantine centre in Godhra. The man was rushed to the Godhra civil hospital and then Vadodara for treatment. He died later at Vadodara.
It was initially believed that he may have attempted suicide, but it later came to light that he was trying to escape.
The centre has witnessed a suicide in May when an accused who had allegedly killed his father committed suicide by hanging himself at the centre. He had used a mattress cover to kill himself.