Bengaluru: Another life convict from Parappana Agrahara central prison, high-security jail, managed to escape from Victoria Hospital on Sunday. However, the prison staff managed to nab him at the Mysuru Railway Station within a few hours of his escape.

He had been sent to the hospital as a helper to look after another jail inmate, who was admitted. The escaped convict, Shivakumar (convict prisoner number 2955), is around 30 years old. He was convicted in a murder and robbery case and was serving a life sentence for the past 12 years at the central prison.

A source in the prison department said that the jail inmate, who is now in the hospital, is also a life convict and was admitted after he attempted suicide by swallowing tablets a few days ago. Shivakumar, who was sent as a helper to the patient, escaped on Sunday night.

“Though policemen escort the inmates to the hospital, they generally leave the helpers to roam around freely inside and outside the hospital. Shivakumar took advantage of this and escaped. There have been similar incidents in the past,” the source said.

This is the second such incident in the recent past. On April 10 evening, Manjunath, another life convict, who hailed from Chitradurga, walked out of the jail after duping the prison staff by showing the visitor’s seal on his hand and claiming that he had come to extend his parole.