Whereabouts of a jail inmate who was found disappeared from the police custody here on Wednesday evening have not yet been traced. Since the jail inmate has disappeared from the police custody in Haldwani, after appearing in a court in Rudrapur (Udham Singh Nagar) on Wednesday evening, therefore a case against the said inmate has been lodged at the Haldwani police station.
An FIR has been registered at the Haldwani police station against the jail inmate, said the Haldwani police. Subsequently, an investigation has also been launched to arrest him as early as possible, added the Haldwani police.
It is to note that the aforesaid jail inmate lakhwinder Singh, a native of Bajpur, Udham Singh Nagar, was languishing in Haldwani jail for a few months in some crime cases registered in Udham Singh Nagar.
He was produced in a local court in Rudrapur (Udham Singh Nagar) along with some other inmates on Wednesday.
However, missing of the said jail inmate lakhwinder came to light only when the police which was accompanying the jail inmates to Rudrapur, tried to count the jail inmates at the Haldwani jail campus after returning from the court in Rudrapur on Wednesday evening.
However, the Haldwani police has launched an investigation to nab the inmate.