His hands tied to a bed in the COVID ICU ward of Kasturba Hospital, a 22-year-old alleged burglar left cops scratching their heads after he escaped through the toilet window. A tip salvaged the situation for the red-faced cops helping them track down the man within 24 hours and bring him to the same ward. 

The Mankhurd police arrested the man, Nazim Ayub Khan, on July 30 for alleged burglary. The police said Khan, a resident of Indira Nagar on 30 Feet Road in the area, faces similar cases. His mandatory medical tests showed that Khan was COVID positive. He was then sent to Kasturba Hospital which has a ward to treat people infected with Coronavirus.