A person, who was arrested on September 14 last on the charges of assaulting his wife for dowry, managed to escape from police custody at Pattamundai JMFC Court while he was taken to jail after the court rejected his bail plea.
Kendrapada SDPO Kedarnath Sahu said one Bijay Mallick of Basudevpur village under Pattamundai police limits was nabbed by police on Monday morning following he injured his wife Chuma Mallick. The victim had filed a complaint against Mallik in this regard.
On Monday last Mallick had been forwarded to the JMFC Court of
Pattamundai and the court had rejected his bail petition. While he was
coming in police custody from the court to go to Kendrapada sub jail, he slipped away from police clutch and fled the spot.
A case bearing Section 224 of IPC was registered against Mallick at Pattamundai police
station for escaping from judicial custody. A hunt is on to nab him.
Meanwhile, an inquiry was started against the errant police officials who were engaged on duty to take Mallick to court. Disciplinary action would be initiated against them, informed
the SDPO.