Rape Accused Escapes From Custody At Delhi Airport; CISF Denies Lapse

An accused in a Punjab rape case gave a slip to security personnel after he was taken into immigration custody on his arrival from Bahrain at the Indir⛄a Gandhi International (IGI) Airport here, official sources said Monday.

Amandeep Singh arrived f꧑rom the Gulf country on an Air India flight on December 20. Immigration officials detained him on a Look Out Circular (LOC) issued by the Ludhiana Police in connection with an investigation linked to an FIR registered by them in April 2020, the sources said.

Singh, on the run since the filing of the case, was handed over to the Central Ind꧂ustrial Security Force (CISF) personnel deployed at the airport, a Delhi Police officer said.

"The CISF personnel were on the way to handing him over to the Delhi Police when he fled from their custody by jumping from counter number 33 in the arrival secti𒆙on of the immigration department at about 10 am," another officer said.

One of the officers escorting Singh had gone to t🌊he washroom when the accused escaped, the🎶 officer claimed.

The CISF, however, countered the claim and denied any lapse by its perso🌠nnel.

"It is pertinent to mention that no entry was made regar☂ding the LOC-issued passenger by immigration officials in the register at arrival," CISF chief spokesperson - Deputy In🐷spector General (DIG) Shrikant Kishore - said.

He said that as the accused was not in CISF 🅷custody, this cannot be c🌺alled a lapse on the part of the force.

An internal i🎐nquiry has been initiated into the incidenℱt by central security agencies, the sources said.

Police said a case 💖u✤nder section 224 (resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension) of the Indian Penal Code has been lodged at the IGI Airport police station in connection with the incident.

Sevܫeral teams have been formed to nab the accuജsed, police said.