A jail inmate who was languishing in the Haldwani jail for few months, escaped from the police custody during his treatment at the base hospital here on Tuesday.
The jail inmate had been languishing in the Haldwani jail for some months on charges of some criminal cases registered against him in Udham Singh Nagar, said the officials concerned of the Haldwani jail.
He was admitted to the Haldwani base hospital on December 28 when he complained about some health disorder, added the officials concerned of the Haldwani jail. He was reportedly escaped from the Udham Singh Nagar police custody which was deployed there during treatment at the Haldwani base hospital on Tuesday morning, said the official concerned.
As soon as the police concerned came to know about the missing of the jail inmate Gurmeet Singh, aged about 56 years, it alerted all the check points across the region.
But his whereabouts have not yet been traced. However, the police concerned has launched an investigation to nab the jail inmate, added the officials concerned of the Haldwani jail.
It is to note that this is the second incident of escaping of a jail inmate from the police custody here during less than a fortnight here. Earlier a jail inmate was found disappeared from the police custody here on Wednesday, December 18.