A person arrested on charges of printing fake currency notes escaped from police custody when he was being produced in the Patiala House Court on Sunday afternoon.
The Department of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) had arrested Mohammad Zameel (26) earlier.
“The incident took place at around 12:30 pm on Sunday. He made an excuse of going to the toilet and escaped from the court premises. A case has been registered and investigation is going on,” said a police official.
Zameel was being produced before the duty magistrate on the Patiala House Court premises on Sunday afternoon. On reaching the court, he told the officials that he wanted to go to the toilet to attend nature’s call. He did not return for a long. By the time the officials entered the toilet, he had already escaped.
A case has been registered at Tilak Marg Police station and Section 224 under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) have been booked. Zameel is a native of Hapur village in Uttar Pradesh.