The man­hunt for es­caped pris­on­er Rob­by Khadoo in­ten­si­fied yes­ter­day as se­cu­ri­ty agen­cies, in­clud­ing the T&T De­fence Force (TTDF), con­tin­ued the search to re­cap­ture him.

Se­nior po­lice of­fi­cials called on the pub­lic to as­sist in re­port­ing any in­for­ma­tion as to his where­abouts – warn­ing that ef­forts to con­ceal Khadoo or aid in his es­cape could at­tract le­gal con­se­quences.

Khadoo, who had been charged with mur­der, es­caped from the Ac­ci­dent and Emer­gency De­part­ment, Ari­ma Hos­pi­tal, around 7.15 pm on Ju­ly 3, as he was re­ceiv­ing med­ical treat­ment.

It re­mained un­clear up to yes­ter­day what ex­act­ly Khadoo was be­ing treat­ed for and how he man­aged to es­cape.

Con­firm­ing Khadoo was still at large up to 2 pm yes­ter­day, po­lice of­fi­cials said TTDF per­son­nel had joined the search along­side spe­cial­ist units from the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) and the T&T Prison Ser­vice (TTPrS).

In a re­lease dat­ed Ju­ly 4, the TTPS re­mind­ed the pub­lic that “It is a se­ri­ous crim­i­nal of­fence to know­ing­ly har­bour, con­ceal, or oth­er­wise as­sist an es­caped pris­on­er or any per­son who is un­law­ful­ly evad­ing ar­rest.”

They sought to make “It un­equiv­o­cal­ly clear that any per­son who know­ing­ly pro­vides shel­ter, trans­porta­tion, mon­ey, cloth­ing, food, or any oth­er form of as­sis­tance to help the es­capee avoid ap­pre­hen­sion may be li­able to crim­i­nal pros­e­cu­tion un­der the laws of T&T.”

While they stopped short of claim­ing Khadoo was armed and dan­ger­ous, the TTPS ad­vised the pub­lic not to place them­selves or oth­ers at risk by at­tempt­ing to as­sist him in any way.

Any­one with in­for­ma­tion re­gard­ing Khadoo’s where­abouts is en­cour­aged to con­tact 999, 555, 800-TIPS, the near­est po­lice sta­tion, or to re­port it via the TTPS’ con­fi­den­tial re­port­ing chan­nels.

The TTPS added: “Har­bour­ing a fugi­tive is not an act of loy­al­ty—it is a crim­i­nal of­fence. If you know where the es­capee is, re­port it. Do not as­sist.” —An­na-Lisa Paul