High alert has been sounded in Madhya Pradesh after a suspected terrorist in custody escaped by jumping off a moving train near Itarsi railway station.
According to police sources, Syed Ahmed had been arrested in Vellore in Tamil Nadu from where he was being taken to lucknow for appearing in a court on Raptisagar Express, when the incident took place. He managed to jump off the train when it was running slow near the Itarsi station.
Hoshangabad Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Pratap Singh said that Ahmad had threatened to blow up a number of places, including a ‘dargah’ (Sufi shrine) in lucknow, and had a number of cases registered against him in Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.
Sources said the suspected terrorist had apparently managed to loosen his handcuffs
and unchained himself before jumping off soon after the train passed Itarsi station in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday night.
He said that the police after sounding alert immediately cordoned off the area where he escaped and are conducting a search operation to nab him. We have also alerted the Itarsi police and the nearby districts to ensure that he does not run away. Police are searching the nearby villages and have put check-points at various places to nab him.