RAPE ACCUSED GIVES POLICE THE SLIP, FLEES FROM DERA BASSI HOSPITAL

MOHALI : A man arrested for raping a minor girl fled during a medical test at the Dera Bassi civil hospital on Wednesday. Four cops had taken the accused, Ajay Kumar, to the hospital around 2pm. As the cops waited outside the room where they had left Kumar for a DNA test, the accused made good his escape amid the crowd. Kumar, a resident of Haripur in Dera Bassi, was arrested on Tuesday. He is facing a case under Section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. Before being taken to the hospital, a local court had sent him to police custody for three days.