Palanpur: A notorious bootlegger wanted for several offences in in Gandhinagar, Sabarkantha and Aravalli district escaped from the police station barely four hours after his arrest on Wednesday night.
Sandeep alias Montu Chawda, 27, a resident of Bhat village ner Gandhinagar was arrested by Bhiloda police at around 4.35pm on Wednesday. However, he escaped from the police station at around 8:30pm. Surprisingly, he fled during interrogation.
“We have formed four teams to trace the bootlegger” said Aravalli superintendent of police (SP) Sanjay Kharat.
Chawda was caught during vehicle checking at Veerpur crossroads.