Cycle thief’s escape: Chandigarh Police to get lock-up examined by CFSL

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 9

The UT police would ask the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) to examine the lock-up from where a 27-year-old youth arrested for bicycle thefts had managed to escape.

The suspect, Divesh Gupta (27), was nabbed by a team of the Palsora police post and was kept in the lock-up at the Sector 39 police station after court granted his one-day remand.

At night, the suspect had managed to break the two rusted iron grills of the lock-up and escaped from the police station.

SSP Kuldeep Singh Chahal said they would get the spot examined by the CFSL. He added that all SHOs had been directed to ensure that CCTV cameras installed in the police stations were functional and cover all the areas.

Sector 39 Station House Officer Inspector Ashok Kumar, who was shifted after the bicycle thief’s escape, has now been posted in the PCR wing. Ashok’s posting order was today issued by the UT Senior Superintendent of Police.

Two women cops, including an ASI who was night munshi and a constable, who had her duty on women desk, were suspended after they were found missing from duty.

The case

The suspect, Divesh Gupta (27), was nabbed by a team of the Palsora police post and was kept in the lock-up at the Sector 39 police station after the court granted one-day remand.

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