Tribune News Service

Muktsar, November 13

The Sadar police have booked three Assistant Sub-Inspectors (ASIs) after a drug accused facing trial allegedly fled their custody during transit to the district jail here.

The undertrial, Amritpal Singh of Jhoke village in Ferozepur district, had developed some health issues on November 6 in the Ferozepur jail and was shifted to the Government Medical College and Hospital in Faridkot

for treatment.

The incident occurred when Amritpal was being shifted to the district jail in Muktsar but as the ambulance carrying him reached outside the jail, he fled.

The ambulance driver, Beant Singh, lodged a complaint with the police alleging that three ASIs were bringing the accused to the Muktsar jail. “However, one of them alighted at Faridkot and the second at Sadiq, leaving a lone Assistant Sub-Inspector to accompany the accused in the ambulance. On reaching Muktsar, the accused fled,” he alleged.

Those booked have been identified as Gurcharan Singh, Gian Singh and Ranjit Singh, all posted at the Police Lines in Ferozepur. Besides, the accused was booked for fleeing police custody.

Investigating officer Jasvir Singh said efforts were on to nab the escapee.