KOLANCHERRY: The police arrested Suresh, 36, alias ‘Dracula’ Suresh, an infamous burglar who had tested positive for Covid-19 escaped from Kalamassery Medical College Hospital (MCH), where he was admitted under guard, on Saturday morning. This was his third getaway in less than two weeks. He was in hiding at an uninhabited plot in the back of Kolancherry college.

According to the police, Suresh was moved to MCH on September 30 after he tested positive for Covid-19. He was lodged in a cell at the psychiatry ward of the hospital and policemen were deployed to guard him.

However, the accused managed to make good his escape through a gap in the wall of the cell at around 10.30am on Saturday.

“He was reported missing on Saturday morning. We are on the lookout for him. It seems he escaped by jumping through a gap in the wall. A comprehensive probe will be carried out to find out how exactly he managed to pull it off,” said a senior officer with Kalamassery police. Angamaly police had registered two cases when Suresh escaped custody on September 23 and 25. Police had arrested him on both occasions, only to see him give them the slip again.

On September 23, Suresh attacked cops on guard early in the morning at a detention centre at Karukutty. However, he was tracked down within 23 hours and returned to the same detention centre, where he was held with a roommate.
Suresh, according to sources, had been held at the detention centre before and his understanding of the building blueprint aided his escape.

He broke open the door and climbed down a tree next to the centre to flee, along with his roommate, in the early hours of September 25. He was arrested the very next day.

“He is a seasoned burglar. It is very difficult to guard him at a civilian facility. The man has the tendency to attack cops as well. On top of it all, he is Covid positive,” said an official.