Budaun, Aug. 17 -- In a major security lapse, a notorious criminal and murder accused, Dhirendra Singh, escaped from Budaun District Hospital early Sunday morning, leaving the local police department red-faced.
Dhirendra, a history-sheeter with more than 12 criminal cases against him, had been arrested following an encounter late Saturday night in the Alipur forest area under Islamnagar police station limits.
Dhirendra was accused of brutally murdering Gyan Devi, alias Ratarani, the mother of Sub-Inspector Manveer Singh, who is posted in the Bahadurgarh outpost of the Hapur district. The murder took place on the night of August 12 during a robbery at the victim's residence in Badaun.
During his arrest, police recovered a sickle allegedl...