What seems like an overtly dramatic scene from a typical Bollywood potboiler, a self-acclaimed sadhavi managed to escape from the clutches of police after getting them to watch a movie with her.
According to The Times of India, sadhvi Jayshree Giri was out on 10-day parole “under police escort” by the Gujarat High Court.
On a day when four cops accompanied her, she convinced them to watch ‘Bahubali 2’ with her at Himalaya Mall in Vistrapur, Gujarat. As per a Mirror report, only one cop accompanied her inside the mall while others stayed outside.
In between, the sadhvi went for a loo break but never returned. Police told TOI that after the sadhvi did not turn up for a long time, the cop with her grew concerned. Unfortunately, she had already fled.
“We have lodged a complaint against the sadhvi for escaping from police custody,” a senior police official told TOI. “A complaint of negligence has also been filed against the two police escorts -head constable Jayantibhai and woman police constable Belaben,” he added.
The reports suggest that Belaben, was a fresh recruit and was on her first assignment. The police also believes that the escape was premeditated and a vehicle was suspected to have been waiting outside the mall for her.
Who is she?
According to NDTV, the 45-year-old religious preacher was under police custody for an unpaid bill of Rs 5 crore for gold biscuits that she bought from a jeweler. She had allegedly convinced the jeweler to sell gold on a deferred payment basis. Twenty-four gold bars worth Rs 80 lakh and Rs 1.29 crore in cash was recovered from her ashram in Gujarat after a police raid. She was later arrested in January from Gujarat’s Banskanth district.
#Watch: Jailed Gujarat Sadhvi goes to spa, sees ‘Baahubali 2’ before escaping pic.twitter.com/c4lheC2cKC
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Business Standard reported that Giri is also facing murder chargers for allegedly kidnapping and killing her ‘guru’ Sanjaygiri Maharak in 2008 to acquire control over the Mutth.
(Feature image source: Reuters)
