PRAYAGRAJ, Dec. 27 -- The rape suspect, who was injured in a police encounter and had made a dramatic escape from a medical college hospital in Pratapgarh on the morning of December 24 while undergoing treatment, managed to board the Samjhauta Express travelling from Mumbai to Varanasi, the investigation has revealed.

Police said the accused reached the train after alighting from a bus in Sultanpur and then running to catch the moving train.

The accused, Javed alias Chand Babu, was arrested in connection with the sexual assault of an 8-year-old girl in Udayadih Market, Patti. On the night of December 23, he was shot in the left leg during a police encounter and subsequently admitted to Pratapgarh Medical College Hospital for treatment. ...