Undertrial escapes from police custody (representational image)
An undertrial escaped from the police custody in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district while he was being taken to Dehradun from Delhi for a court hearing, police said on Friday.
Nitin Nagpal has allegedly involved in a cheating case and was arrested from east Delhi's Laxmi Nagar, a police officer said.
On Thursday, a police team escorting the accused stopped at a restaurant in Muzaffarnagar district from where Nagpal escaped, Khatoli police station in-charge Harsaran Sharma said.
A search is underway to nab him, they said.
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