Undertrial ultra shot dead while trying to escape with AK-47

Jammu, July 1 (UNI) An undertrial, who was accused of murder, was shot dead by Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and police on Tikri-Katra road in Udhampur district, official sources said today.

Earlier the accused, Mubarak Hussain, resident of Thanda Pani in Pouni area of Reasi, managed to escape from police custody along with an AK-47 rifle of a Havildar when he was being shifted from Udhampur Central jail to Reasi for court attendance.

A departmental inquiry has been ordered into the case, the sources said.

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