A 39-year-old man, who was arrested on Tuesday in a cheating case reported in east Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar in January, fled from police custody on Thursday.
DCP (East) Jasmeet Singh has confirmed the incident.
A senior police officer said that Nitin Nagpal was arrested on Tuesday on charges of breach of trust and cheating and taken on three-day police remand. “Investigating officer of the case, ASI Vijay Dutt and Constable Mohit Panwar had gone to Dehradun with Nitin on Wednesday for a raid as part of the probe. On the way, they had stopped at a restaurant in Khatauli, Muzaffarnagar, to relieve themselves. The accused went to the toilet and taking advantage of the darkness fled from there,” the officer said.
Mr. Dutt, then informed senior officers about the incident. Teams have been formed to nab the accused, the police said.
