Undertrial returning from hearing escapes from police custody

An undertrial today fled from police custody while returning from a court hearing in Mathura with the help of his accomplices, who fired at a police constable and threw chilly powder on three others.
The incident took place near Etmadpur railway bridge when the four cops were accompanying undertrial Pankaj Bhola from Mathura to Firozabad after the hearing and four unidentified persons fled with him, Superintendent of Police Piyush Srivastava said.
The unidentified persons, sitting in the private bus in which Bhola was returning with the policemen, tried to get down from the bus.
When the cops resisted their bid, they shot at constable Jai Narain and threw chilly powder on Ajit Singh, Amarjeet and Subhash Chauhan and feld with Bhola.

Police have launched a manhunt to nab the undertrial. A number of criminal cases including that of murder were pending against Bhola, the SP said.