Ahmedabad: Pravin Dhaval, a young boy who had jumped off two tall walls of Sabarmati Central Jail in Ahmedabad and escaped successfully is back with police. Pravin’s mother handed him over to police. According to primary details arriving, police was contacted late in the evening yesterday by Pravin’s mother and told that she wanted to hand over her son. At around 11.30 pm, Pravin’s mother came to Crime Branch and produced her son voluntarily. Pravin was in Kalol town in north Gujarat post his escape.

Update: Police has arrested Pravin’s she-friend Anjali who was into live-in relationship with Pravin for helping him after hie escape. Anjali had given Rs 1,500 to Pravin post his escape. Police is in search of a rickshaw driver who had taken Pravin to a farm in Kalol area of north Gujarat. It is learnt that rickshaw driver was known to Anjali.

Crime Branch’s JK Bhatt in press conference said: Pravin crossed inner wall of jail which has support pillars to prevent collapse during earthquake. He went to connected wall and later approached the outermost wall, where with the help of fencing wire atop the wall pulled by him he climbed it and jumped off other side. Before climbing the wall he checked whether current passes through it. He had checked this even earlier by throwing his slipper and through iron rode. He and climbed another wall after which he pulled fencing wire atop the wall. It is sure that current was not passing through the installation atop boundary wall when Pravin escaped the jail.It is a matter of investigation whether current was not in circulation due to someone’s intention or because of technical failure. Pravin’s interrogation has revealed that he is a great gambler. He is expert in each game of cards. In teen patti game he had developed skill through which he would manage to get his choice of cards during card distribution. He had earned a lot through this skill in gambling and he was spending a lot too. Due to this skill, he was confident that he would earn wherever he move after escaping prison. Jamnashtami festival is near, and Pravin had wish to escape the prison and earn lot of money through gambling on Janmashtami. He believed he was the only one in family who could earn lot of money which was necessary for his court case too. Anjali who is not his wife according to Pravin’s mother had given him Rs 1500 and arranged rickshaw through which Pravin went to Kalol to meet one Mr. Gadhvi. However Mr. Gadhvi was not available, and therefore Pravin spent a night in farm. Meanwhile he called his mother. Police was incidentally present at his mother’s place. Police asked his mother to produce him and accordingly she produced him before police. Pravin mother too was in prison in same case for which Pravin is in jail. Pravin’s father too was into gambling, but he left gambling later on and started decoration business. A day before his escape, Pravin had met Anjali. It is possible that they may have discussed escape plan. Next, police will reconstruct the sequence of escape by bringing Pravin to Sabarmati Central Jail.

Pravin’s mother said Pravin had in the past tried to attack her also. She said Pravin had attacked his father too. She said Pravin has criminal mindset from childhood.She said Pravin had on earlier occasions also left home. Every time he was found out from one Mr. Gadhvi in Kalol.

Background: An under-trial accused of murder Pravin(25) was brought to Sabarmati jail about three months back. He escaped from high security Sabarmati Central jail on July 24. This was the first instance of this kind in which accused successfully escaped from central jail in Gujarat. Police officials were surprised by this escape as they were believing it was impossible for any prisoner to escape this high-security jail. Pravin had jumped two walls in order to escape the prison. The outer wall was 20 ft high high and it had electric shock passing through the installations atop it. There was a watch tower guarded by a cop nearby. The guard however was sleeping when Pravin jumped off the wall in daylight at around 12.30 pm. Jail authority came to know about Pravin’s escape only after it counted prisoners at 6.00 pm. CCTV footage showed that Pravin climbed 15 ft wall first and then with the help of iron angle he climbed 20 ft outer wall. According to police, there was not enough current passing through the installation over wall and therefore Pravin could escape electric shock. An FIR regarding his escape was lodged in the Ranip police station in Ahmedabad but the investigation was handed over to the crime branch. Victim family, member of which Pravin had murdered was given police protection. Police had got some leads through visitor diary of jail and through mobile phone location of Pravin’s relative and friend in jail area.

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