PANAJI

Rape accused, Ishwar Makwana, who was arrested by Goa police along with two other men for allegedly raping a 20-year-old woman at Betalbatim beach in South Goa, escaped from police custody today when he was brought to a hospital for medical treatment, police said.

Makwana was taken for medical treatment to Panaji-based Chest Disease & T B Hospital from where he managed to escape, police informed.

Makwana was locked at the Central Jail in Colvale.

“The Goa Police’s escort cell, which is in-charge of transportation of inmates from the Central Jail, had brought the accused to the hospital but he managed escape from there,” a police official informed.