Prisoner escapes from police custody in Punjab

News, Punjab

Ferozepur: A prisoner today escaped from police custody while he was being taken to Zira sub-division court here for a hearing in a case, police said.

Balwinder Singh alias Golu, a resident of Shah Abu Bakkar in Zira, was under trial in the Faridkot Jail following a case lodged against him under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act in 2015 for drug peddling, they said.