An accused in a rape case, who was brought at a hospital here for treatment, escaped from police custody following which authorities suspended four police men accompanying him to a jail as he was to be produced before a court, officials said on Sunday.
Sajad Ahmad, a resident of Chakyas village of Drass in Kargil, was brought to the Shri Maharaja Gulab Singh hospital (SMGS) hospital Jammu for treatment from Sub-jail Reasi but managed to escape from the custody of four policy accompanying him , the officials said.The accused was under judicial custody for the past two years in connection with a rape case registered against him at police station Mahore in Reasi district, they added.