Snatcher flees from lock-up, 2 cops suspended

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, August 1

The Amritsar rural police have booked and suspended two cops after a snatcher fled from the police lock-up of Kathunangal police station.

The accused, identified as Akshay Kumar, was on three-day police remand.

Besides Akshay, the police have booked cops Amritpal Singh and Dalbir Singh, who were posted at the police station during night duty.

ASIAjit Singh said besides Akshay, there were two other persons, who were booked under the NDPS Act — Ranjit Singh of Abdal village and Akashdeep Singh of Varyam Nangal village, who were lodged in the police lock-up.

He said on Saturday, when he returned to the police station from his duty at a checkpoint, he found Akshay, a resident of Muradpura village in Tarn Taran, missing from the lock-up. He said when he asked night munshi Amritpal Singh and Santri Dalbir Singh about this, they could not give a satisfactory answer. He said due to their negligence, Akshay managed to flee from the lock-up.

Akshay was arrested by the police in connection with a snatching case, in which the earrings of a woman, identified as Jasbir Kaur of Chawinda Devi village, were snatched.