Police have registered a case against two police officials and two other individuals after an under-trial prisoner escaped from Benazir Bhutto Hospital in Rawalpindi.
According to the FIR, Sub-Inspector Zahid Iqbal said he and another official were carrying out a routine inspection of prisoners under treatment at the hospital and checking on police personnel assigned to guard them.
During the visit to Surgical Ward 9, they found that an under-trial prisoner involved in a drug case, along with shift in-charge ASI Imran Khan and Constable Qamar Ali, was missing.
Police later conducted an inquiry and reviewed CCTV footage, which showed the prisoner leaving the ward at around 6:15 pm with his son, Adnan, an unidentified man, and the two police guards.
According to the footage, the prisoner was brought out of the ward on a wheelchair by his son and the unidentified person before being placed in a private car and taken away.
Police said the two officials assigned to guard the prisoner provided him the opportunity to escape with the help of his son and the unknown accomplice.
A case has now been registered against the escaped prisoner, his son, the unidentified man, and the two police officials. The officials have also been suspended over negligence, while further legal action is underway.