Chandigarh, Nov. 14 -- A death row convict, lodged in the Ludhiana Central Jail, escaped from the emergency wing of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, on Tuesday night, exposing major lapses in prison security. Convicted of raping and murdering a four-year-old girl, Sonu Singh, 29, managed to slip out of the handcuffs, pushed a jail warden and easily fled the hospital premises on foot before the Punjab Police officials accompanying him could react. According to police, the convict, hailing from Tasai in Fatehpur district, Uttar Pradesh, had been undergoing psychiatric assessment at the hospital for some time. On Tuesday, he complained of severe abdominal pain at the Ludhiana Central Jail. After his condition did not improve despite initial treatment, jail doctors referred him to GMCH-32. Sonu was then brought to Chandigarh in a Punjab government Mahindra Bolero vehicle, under the escort of three jail officials - head constable Lakhwinder Singh, warden Malkit Singh and driver Balwant Singh. Upon arrival at the hospital around 8.30 pm, the convict was admitted in the emergency ward for observation. As per the statement of warden Malkit Singh, 46, around 11:45 pm, the convict requested to be taken to the bathroom to relieve himself. "I was accompanying him while another officer went to the doctors with his medical file. As we approached the toilet, Sonu suddenly twisted his hand free from the handcuff and pushed me. I fell down and before I could regain balance, he disappeared into the crowd," the warden stated in his complaint. Unable to trace him, the police team informed senior officers, who responded to the scene with their Chandigarh counterparts. However, the convict managed to evade capture. A case under Section 261 of the BNS was registered at the Sector 34 police station based on the complaint of the warden. As of Thursday night, no breakthrough had been achieved, and search teams continue to scan the city and adjoining areas....