Police hunt for escaped undertrial

Police on Tuesday conducted raids at several places in Delhi and Haryana to track down an undertrial who had escaped from police custody while being taken to neighbouring Sonepat for a court hearing. 

Deepak Dabas, an accused in several cases, including murder and lodged in Tihar Jail, was on Monday being taken to Sonepat in a mini-truck when he escaped, following which two policemen have been suspended, police said. 

Local police have been deployed at Dabas’s village, Majra Dabas, a few kilometers away from the market in Bawana, where he jumped from a mini truck and ran away, giving the police team a slip, a senior police official said. 

Meanwhile, special teams are conducting raids at his potential whereabouts in Delhi and Haryana.