Summary Police cordoned off city court premises and launched a search operation.
KARACHI - Another prisoner escaped from Karachi’s city court today (Tuesday), becoming the eighth criminal fleeing police custody within five days, Dunya News reported.
The suspect was brought to the court for a hearing in drug smuggling case but the accused managed to flee when he was allowed to visit washroom.
It is pertinent to mention here that this is the third incident of suspects escaping from the court premises in July.
In the first such incident on July 11, three criminals Ammar, Arsalan and Zubair were brought to the Anti-Terrorism Court for a hearing and were kept in the lockup until the hearing commenced. However, they managed to cut open the bars of the small window in the lockup and escaped.
They were accused of serious crimes.
Earlier on July 13, two terror suspects who were alleged members of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) escaped from the same court.
After a court hearing was adjourned, the prisoners managed to flee easily while the CID police officials were taking them back to the jail.
