One of the suspects in the Patna serial blasts, Meher-e-Alam, who was picked up from Darbhanga in north Bihar a couple of days ago and detained for questioning, has escaped from custody in Muzaffarpur on Thursday.
According to TV reports, Alam managed to hoodwink National Investigation Agency (NIA) sleuths.
Meher-e-Alam is a close aide of Tehseen Akhtar, a top operative of the Indian Mujahideen, who allegedly mentored the Patna bombers.