What’s in a name? Just ask Nitish, and Nitesh: How a name twin fooled jail officials, walked out free as other waited despite bail in Faridabad | Gurgaon News
[ad_1] In a shocking incident at Faridabad district jail, Nitish Kumar Pandey, a rape accused, exploited a case of mistaken identity to escape. Posing as Nitesh, an inmate with a similar name who was granted bail, Pandey walked free due to verification lapses. FARIDABAD: The devil is in the details. Authorities at the district jail have learnt it the hard way.In a bizarre case of mistaken identity that left the jail officials red-faced, a rape accused managed to walk free by exploiting a coincidence of names, exposing glaring lapses in the prison's verification system.The incident unfolded on May 26, when Nitish Kumar Pandey (27) — housed in the jail since 2011 — posed as another inmate sharing a similar name. Both inmates had their fathers named as Ravinder in prison records — a detail that became the perfect smokescreen for […]