Accused escapes from police custody at a police station !

Police negligence in the district of Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge !

Kalaburagi (Karnataka) – In Kalaburagi, the district of Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge, an accused arrested under the POCSO Act escaped from a police station after outwitting the police.

The incident occurred at Afzalpur Police Station in the district. The escaped accused has been identified as Manjunath (24). He had been arrested a week earlier in connection with the sexual assault of a minor girl and brought to the police station. In the early hours of 2 July, after noticing that the police personnel were asleep, Manjunath cleverly freed himself from his handcuffs. He then climbed over the compound wall by using the branch of a tree inside the police station premises and escaped without anyone noticing. The entire incident was captured on the police station’s CCTV cameras.

Editorial Perspective

Such police personnel should be arrested and sent to prison !