<p>An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) and a head constable at the Kumaraswamy Layout police station were suspended on Wednesday.</p>.<p>K Annamalai, DCP (South), suspended the two for negligence which led to the escape of a habitual offender, Psycho Raja alias Rajendra, from custody while he was being treated at the Victoria Hospital’s prison ward on Wednesday.</p>.<p>However, the accused was nabbed two hours after his escape.</p>.<p>The DCP said: “Rajendra was caught two hours after he escaped. Two policemen who were in charge have been suspended.”</p>.<p>Accused Rajendra, a resident of CK Palya, was involved in nine criminal cases, including three murders, in the city. On March 30, Rajendra, a drug addict, was shot at and arrested by the Kumaraswamy Layout police in connection with the murder of a security guard.</p>.<p>On March 23, security guard Lingappa was sitting outside an ATM along Uttarahalli Main Road when Rajendra was waiting for a customer to come and withdraw money. Rajendra decided to rob the security guard as no one turned up. When the guard refused to give Rs 150, he was brutally killed.</p>.<p>Police tracked down Rajendra, shot two rounds at his legs, shifting him to Victoria Hospital where he was recovering. On Wednesday, around 4:30 am, Rajendra managed to escape.</p>.<p>As he was wandering around KR Market, planning to visit his parents’ house in Uttarahalli as they had not come to visit him in jail, a police team spotted him and arrested him two hours later.</p>.<p>The DCP further said that a case has been registered at the VV Puram police station and they are trying to take permission from the court to chain Rajendra.</p>
<p>An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) and a head constable at the Kumaraswamy Layout police station were suspended on Wednesday.</p>.<p>K Annamalai, DCP (South), suspended the two for negligence which led to the escape of a habitual offender, Psycho Raja alias Rajendra, from custody while he was being treated at the Victoria Hospital’s prison ward on Wednesday.</p>.<p>However, the accused was nabbed two hours after his escape.</p>.<p>The DCP said: “Rajendra was caught two hours after he escaped. Two policemen who were in charge have been suspended.”</p>.<p>Accused Rajendra, a resident of CK Palya, was involved in nine criminal cases, including three murders, in the city. On March 30, Rajendra, a drug addict, was shot at and arrested by the Kumaraswamy Layout police in connection with the murder of a security guard.</p>.<p>On March 23, security guard Lingappa was sitting outside an ATM along Uttarahalli Main Road when Rajendra was waiting for a customer to come and withdraw money. Rajendra decided to rob the security guard as no one turned up. When the guard refused to give Rs 150, he was brutally killed.</p>.<p>Police tracked down Rajendra, shot two rounds at his legs, shifting him to Victoria Hospital where he was recovering. On Wednesday, around 4:30 am, Rajendra managed to escape.</p>.<p>As he was wandering around KR Market, planning to visit his parents’ house in Uttarahalli as they had not come to visit him in jail, a police team spotted him and arrested him two hours later.</p>.<p>The DCP further said that a case has been registered at the VV Puram police station and they are trying to take permission from the court to chain Rajendra.</p>