Ferozepur, Oct. 1 -- One of the three accused arrested for the August 14 firing in Zira, Harjeet Singh, escaped from the prisoner ward of the district civil hospital on Monday night by evading guards.

Singh had been arrested along with two accomplices for allegedly opening fire at a jewellery shop, leaving the owner injured.

During their arrest days later, a police encounter had broken out, and Singh was shot in the leg, leaving him with two leg fractures. He was admitted to the hospital's prisoner ward for treatment, but surgery to insert metal plates was delayed as the jail administration had not provided the required implant.

On Monday night, Singh managed to trick the guards and fled. Hospital staff immediately alerted senior offic...