Friday, April 9, 2010

Under-trial escapes from police custody

STAFF WRITER 18:17 HRS IST

Khatima (Uttarakhand), Apr 8 (PTI) An under-trial escaped from police custody after he was produced before a local court in connection with a case, police said today.

The incident happened yesterday when Ashok Kumar was brought to a court here along with four others. He hoodwinked escorting constables, who were waiting for other under-trials to return to the police van, and managed to flee from the court premises, they said.

The constables came to know about this only when they counted the under-trials, police said, adding efforts were on to nab him.

Kumar had been in jail for the past one year in connection with a motorcycle theft case.

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