6 prisoners escapte from hospital

Hyderabad, December 31: Six prisoners, all convict: in a murder caw, who underwent treatment for ‘mental illne” at the Institute of Mental Health (IM H) at Erragadda here, es:aped from the prison ward of the hospital on Friday, officials said.

The primers from Cherlapally jail, who were admitted to the IMH had undergone treatment for mental iltr.c, they :aid.

Accordirrg to IMH Superintendent V hamod Kumar, The six prisoners were kept in the prison ward of IM.H. However, the; managed to give a :lip to the exort (of three police:non) after cutting the rods of the ventilator between 2.30 am and 5.00 am today ”

–PTI–