Nashik: A probe has been ordered by the Maharashtra government after lawyer Pallavi Purkhayasta's killer Sajjad Ahmed Mogul jumps parole.
DIG (Prisons) Rajendra Dhamane was asked to submit a report within three days after a thorough enquiry against Sajjad who has been missing for the last three months.
Sajjad was serving a life sentence at Nashik Central Jail in the sensational Pallavi Purkayastha murder case of Mumbai.
Police have lodged an offence against Mughal under Section 224 (resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension) of the IPC on April 28 as he did not return to jail after completion of his parole, said Nashik Central Jail Superintendent Ramesh Kamble.
Sajjad, a native of Jammu and Kashmir, had sought parole citing ill health of his mother in February, which was granted as per due procedure. He had then sought an extension of two months, Kamble added.
The jail authorities informed Nashik Road Police that Sajjad did not return after completion of his parole, following which a complaint was lodged against him on April 28, Nashik Road Police Station in-charge Sanjay Deshmukh said.
"Local police then contacted Jammu and Kashmir police to check if Sajjad had visited his ailing mother or his family. He was declared 'absconding' on Wednesday," the officer said.
Sajjad was employed as a watchman in the building. He had managed to get duplicate key of the main door of Pallavi's house where she lived with her fiance Avik Sengupta.
Avik had found her body lying in blood when returned home on the fateful day. A little over a year after, he also died of a brain disorder.
In July 2014, a local court had sentenced Sajjad to life imprisonment.
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