Sullia, September 14: An under-trial brought to the local court from Kanhangad sub-jail escaped from the clutches of police while returning to the jail, here on Friday.

The accused Abdul Azeez of Ajjavara village, who was an under-trial at Kanhangad sub-jail in various cases, was brought to the local court for hearing in a case. While returning after attending the court, Abdul Azeez escaped.

He is the accused in various cases including a murder of a woman at Uppinangady, murder of an aged woman at Chembirika in Kasargod and was put him in the jail. Kerala police brought him to the court on a theft case in BSNL office at Sullia on September 14. While taking him back to the jail after the hearing, he went for a natural call at Sullia bus stand and escaped from there, it is said.

The police accompanied him informed the Sullia police who are searching for the accused. The police have blocked all the outgoing routes to arrest the accused.



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The explosion shattered the establishment's glass windows. No casualties were reported, they said.

CCTV camera footage from the area purported to show an unidentified person throwing something towards the bar-cum-lounge and a cloud of smoke then engulfing the place.

The police said they received a call regarding a "loud sound" from the area around 3:30 am. After inspecting the spot, the police team recovered jute rope pieces.

A team from the Central Forensic Science Laboratory collected the samples, the police said and added an investigation was underway.