Undertrial prisoner escapes from Tis Hazari court

New Delhi, July 3: An undertrial prisoner escaped after being presented at Tis Hazari court here, police said.

Babu Khan, had been brought to room number 366 of Tis Hazari Court for a hearing in an Arms Act case and he fled from there, a police official said, adding the accused was named in nine cases, including one of murder.

In the Arms Act case, he had been declared a proclaimed offender and had been recently arrested, he said.