Sacked Axis Bank manager Anil Dubey, who allegedly stabbed his ex-colleague Yogita Chaudhary to death and seriously injured another banker in a Virar East branch of the ICICI Bank last year, escaped on Friday afternoon, said sources in the police department. Dubey had been taken to a Vasai court when he fled on the pretext of going to the washroom.

“Today four accused, including Dubey, were brought from the Thane Central jail to Vasai court. Around 3 pm, he told an ASI that he needed to go to the washroom. He was taken to a public toilet near the Panchayat Samiti, where he escaped on a two-wheeler. It seems the motorcycle rider was waiting for Dubey,” said an insider at Vasai Gaon police station.