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| Pakistani militants escape police custody: India |
| 2010-01-04 |
| [Dawn] Indian security agencies launched a manhunt on Sunday for three alleged Pakistani militants who escaped police custody just before they were to be deported, police said. Hummmmmm.... New Delhi police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said the three fled on Friday from a hospital in the Indian capital where they were taken for a routine check-up ahead of their expulsion to Pakistan. They're Pakistani militants being sent home and they run away? The men had been convicted for two bomb blasts at Delhi's 16th-century Red Fort in June 2000 which claimed two lives. They completed their nine-year jail sentences in October and had been moved from a state prison to a security facility awaiting deportation. "They had served their sentence for the blasts in 2000 and were to be deported back to Pakistan but they escaped from the hospital where they were taken under escort," Bhagat said. Going home to what I'd expect to be a hero's welcome and they run away, possibly adding charges that would send them back to the slammer? Bhagat said a nationwide alert has been issued for the men and cash rewards offered for information which could lead to their capture. Now, if they turn up dead after an "encounter" with police in a dark alley, then it all makes sense. |
| Posted by:Fred |