Montu Namdar gives slip to police again on way back to Nadiad Jail

Ahmedabad: In a movie-like act, Montu Namdar, the prime accused in the murder of BJP worker Rakesh Mehta in June 2022, has once again escaped from police custody. Namdar executed his escape at Aslali crossroads on Wednesday evening.

Namdar had been brought to Court No. 8 of the Ahmedabad city civil sessions court in Lal Darwaza on Wednesday to make an appearance in connection with Mehta’s murder. While being transported back to Nadiad sub-jail in Bilodara by an escort party led by PSI D B Parmar, Namdar claimed he needed to urinate due to his diabetes. The cops allowed him to relieve himself behind a truck near Radhe Complex at Aslali crossroads. Seizing the moment, Namdar vanished, leaving the officers scrambling to locate him.

This is not the first time Namdar has outsmarted the authorities. Last July, he was granted a 14-day interim bail to support his family but fled to Rajasthan instead. It took until October for the Cybercrime police to track him down on the Udaipur-Nathdwara highway.

On June 8, 2022, Along with five associates, Namdar bludgeoned Rakesh Mehta to death with baseball bats near Hajira ni Pol, driven by long-standing family and property disputes. Initially lodged at Sabarmati jail, Namdar was later transferred to Nadiad sub-jail. DeshGujarat