Overview
- He was identified as 35-year-old Gowtham, who was brought from Parappana Agrahara prison to the City Civil Court for a hearing and later declared dead at Victoria Hospital.
- Police said handcuffs were removed for a family interaction, reapplied after a washroom visit, and the accused then slipped free and jumped from the fifth floor.
- The Halasuru Gate police have registered a case citing escape and obstruction provisions under the BNS and opened an investigation into the circumstances.
- Officials said standard practice is to link two undertrials with a long chain and noted another accused sustained a fracture from the impact of the fall.
- Courts records and police said forensic and DNA reports had recently been presented linking the accused to the alleged sexual assault of a minor.