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The Great Khali is wanted on charges of First-Degree Escape and Criminal Facilitation after resurfacing and helping current WWE Champion Jinder Mahal escape the Punjabi Prison at WWE’s Battleground PPV in Philadelphia, PA on Sunday. The Great Khali, 44, who stands over 7-feet tall was last seen post-match celebrating with Jinder Mahal backstage at the Wells Fargo Center. A picture posted to Jinder Mahal’s Instagram account (@jindermahal) placed this celebration at around 11:30pm. The Great Khali has not been seen or heard from since.

Khali, who was last seen since before his 8 year WWE run ended in 2014, is a former Punjab State Police Officer. Prior to his time in WWE, while living in his native country of India, Khali would take a job as a police officer as he trained to become a professional wrestler. Once in WWE he would enjoy one reign as World Heavyweight Champion, but also served a sentence of his own in the Punjabi Prison in the fall of 2007. Khali would serve the full length of his sentence (and then some) and returned to business as usual for the following years. Shortly before the end of his WWE run Khali would form a reluctant partnership with Jinder Mahal briefly acting as his bodyguard. However, after the Halloween edition of Smackdown in 2014, Khali mysteriously disappeared.

It is unknown why Khali assisted Jinder Mahal at this time. Experts have speculated that due to his own time in the Prison, Khali experienced an overwhelming feeling of empathy and could not contain his emotions causing him to make such an irrational decision. Others have speculated this is the classic scenario of good cop gone bad. After sweeping Roman Reigns’ televised Attempted Manslaughter of Braun Strowman two weeks ago at Great Balls of Fire under the rug, a spokesperson for WWE said the company can no longer afford to let these criminal actions go without consequence. “Prison Breaks are unacceptable”, the spokesperson would go on to say, “whether it is the physical criminal action of a prison escape or a time-slot challenging show on a rival network with decent fast-paced storylines and script continuity, WWE takes a hard stance against Prison Breaks.”

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