leaving police flabbergasted, an under-trial prisoner Murad Ali escaped from police custody from a running train at Fatiya about two kilometres away from Kashipur Railway Station on Wednesday morning.
The incident took place at around 6.15 am in the forest areas, between Aliganj and Kashipur railway stations. Ali was being taken to the court at Kashipur in connection with the hearing of a 25 Arms Act case.
It should be mentioned here that Ali, a native of Haryana had escaped from Haldwani jail some years back. He had been sent to Haldwani jail after being booked under sections 302/201/120b of IPC.STF Uttarakhand had brought him back in January 2015. In February 2015, he was shifted to Haridwar jail from Haldwani jail, said CO (Police line) Prakash Devli while talking to The Pioneer.
SSP Haridwar, Sweety Aggarwal suspended the Reserve Inspector (RI), Police line, Hira Singh, a head constable -Kundan Singh, constables- Surendra Singh, Manoj and Digambar Singh- after the prisoner escaped from their custody.
The team headed by the head constable Kundan Singh left the police line at noon and the team members boarded Moradabad Ramnagar Express along with the inmate on Tuesday evening. At night, the team de-boarded at Moradabad and took another train for Kashipur. Ali gave the police escorts a slip at Fatiya while pretending to go to the train’s toilet. The cops escorting him de-boarded too from the running train, but could not nab the accused. The accused was supposed to have hidden himself in bushes and then fled in the forest area.
Kashipur police station in-charge inspector Vinod Kumar Jetha said that six teams have been formed and Fatiya forest areas have been sealed. The team members are conducting combing operations there to nab the accused. Vehicle checking drives are also being launched in the city. However, the remained elusive till the report was filed.