Unidentified assailants today shot at and injured a murder accused in police custody here, police said.
Chandan Singh, lodged in the district jail, was being brought out after a hearing from the district court this afternoon when the assailants opened fire at him and escaped, SP Ram Kishore Verma said.
He suffered injury in the back and was taken to Varanasi for treatment, the SP said, adding efforts are on to identify the attackers.
Chandan Singh is lodged in the jail in connection with a murder case of July 2015, the SP added.
