Accused flees from police custody in Odisha

Sambad English Bureau Published On : Nov 13, 2019 at 11:06 AM

Nabarangapur: In a weird incident, an accused gave police a slip on pretext of peeing outside police station in Odisha’s Nabarangapur district last night.

The incident occurred at Papadahandi Police Station.

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According to reports, Arun Harijan, the resident of Pathanguda village under Tentulikhunti block, was detained by police for his alleged involvement in a dacoity case. He was brought to the Papadahandi Police Station for interrogation.

However, the accused trickily fled from the police custody.

Reports said that the police station has no toilet facility. Taking advantage of it, the accused went outside on pretext of urination and escaped.

The police launched operation at different locations to nab the culprit.