Overview
- Rubina Irshad Shaikh, a five-month-pregnant undertrial facing Passport Act and Foreigners Act charges, escaped JJ Hospital custody on August 15 by shoving aside a woman constable.
- Sir JJ Marg police filed an FIR under section 262 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and mounted a four-day manhunt across Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.
- Investigators used CCTV footage, technical intelligence and undercover surveillance to trace her train travel from Sandhurst Road to Belapur and pinpoint her location.
- On August 18, officers laid a trap at Navghar Ali Road in Ghansoli and arrested her at a friend’s residence before producing her in court.
- She has been remanded to judicial custody, and authorities continue to probe security lapses in custodial escort protocols for detainees requiring medical care.