Mohali, April 18 -- A murder undertrial, identified as Rintu, escaped from police custody on Thursday, giving the slip to a Chandigarh Police constable who had escorted him from Burail Jail for a court appearance in Mohali.

Following the incident, Mohali police registered an FIR under Section 262 (escape from lawful custody) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at the Sohana police station.

According to police, constable Daljit Singh, posted on general duty with the Chandigarh Police, was assigned to escort Rintu, an undertrial in a murder case registered at Zirakpur, to the Mohali court. He travelled with the accused in a Chandigarh Police bus.

In his statement to the police, constable Singh said Rintu and another undertrial were brou...