Rape accused flees in a VVIP chopper in Jammu

JAMMU: In a script straight out of a Bollywood thriller, a rape accused fled in a state helicopter used by the chief minister after he conned the police in Rajouri by mingling with accident victims being airlifted to Jammu.

Posing as an injured passenger, Parvez Ahmed also managed to get the initial ex-gratia compensation of Rs 5,000 given to accident victims before he boarded the aircraft in Rajouri for Jammu in full view of senior state officials.

He disappeared while the victims were being taken to hospital in Jammu, but was nabbed later from Manjakote. The chopper was requisitioned by the district administration to shift people who had sustained serious injuries in a road accident at Manoorgala in Kandi area on Friday.