Chandigarh Sector 39 SHO shifted after bike thief flees from custody

Chandigarh, December 8

Inspector Juldan Singh, posted in the security wing, has replaced Inspector Ashok Kumar as the SHO, Sector 39 police station, with immediate effect after a 27-year-old resident of Balongi, who was involved in several thefts of high-end bicycles, fled from police custody on December 7.

UT SSP Kuldeep Chahal issued the order this evening. Sources said the suspect broke the rusted iron grill of the lock-up and slipped from the police station. Red-faced police officials said teams had been dispatched to nab the suspect, Divesh Gupta, who was arrested under Sections 379 and 411 of the IPC at the Sector 39 police station on Sunday.

A fresh case under Sections 223 and 224 of the IPC has been registered. — TNS