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.