In a bizarre incident, on Wednesday morning a 26-year-old undertrial prisoner escaped from police custody after jumping off a moving train in Agra. The undertrial prisoner was accompanied by six police personnel and were sleeping when the prisoner escaped.
According to Indian Express, the incident took place when the six police personnel were sleeping in the train during their return from a court hearing in Hyderabad. The prisoner has been identified as Salman alias Daant Tuta, a resident of Bhajanpura, and is a class VI dropout. He is involved in snatching incidents in Hyderabad and avoided detection by travelling in flights.
On the day of the incident, Salman was taken to Hyderabad to attend a court hearing on June 10. While returning, he escaped as cops escorting him slept. The six cops, including a head constable and five constables, were sleeping when he sought permission to go to the washroom. That is when he jumped off the moving train. The constables came to know about the escape when he did not return for 20 minutes. The cops have filed an FIR in the matter.
A senior officer told the Indian Express, “In 2017, he was arrested by the North East district police when they came to know that he was wanted by Hyderabad and Cyberabad police for his alleged involvement in several snatching incidents. He carried a Rs 1 lakh reward for his arrest in UP, and was evading arrest in a MCOCA case registered against him by Delhi Police.”
