Robber who fled from police custody nabbed

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, October 8

The police nabbed a robber who had fled from their custody about two days back.

The robber has been identified as Deepak, alias Deepu, resident of Chitti Colony, Salem Tabri.

Additional DCP-I Pragya Jain in a statement said on October 4 Deepak was arrested by the Daresi police and then the police had also recovered one motorcycle, two mobile phones from him.

The ADCP said he was remanded in two-day police custody. On October 6, when his police remand ended, he was being taken to court in a private vehicle by two policemen. The moment car reached a petrol pump for refilling fuel at Chawni Mohalla, Deepak pushed the policemen away and fled with the handcuffs on.

“We launched a hunt to trace him. Several private CCTV cameras and smart city cameras were minutely scanned to get clues about him. Our efforts bore fruit when our team zeroed in on the accused at Bhattian village on Thursday evening and he was arrested,” added ADCP Jain.

The ADCP said after escaping from the custody of the police, Deepak had also stolen a bicycle from Chawni Mohalla. The police also recovered the stolen bicycle from him.

The police had already registered a fresh case against Deepak on the day he escaped from police custody.