Mumbai, Jun 20 (PTI) A 32-year-old man being taken to Goa after his arrest from Uttar Pradesh dashed out of Mumbai airport and fled despite a chase by a cop from the coastal state, police said on Thursday.
Imad Wasim Khan made the daring escape around 6 am on Wednesday after a Goa police team arrived with him at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, an official said.
Khan is an accused in a case registered at Mapusa in Goa for alleged wrongful confinement, voluntarily causing hurt, and personating a public servant, he said.
Based on inputs, Goa recently police visited Khan’s hometown in UP’s Saharanpur and took him into custody with the help of their local counterparts.
The two-member police team boarded a flight to Mumbai and arrived at T2 (terminal 2). As one of the cops was asking the airport staff about T1, from where they were to take a flight to Goa, Khan escaped from the clutches of the other.
The policeman gave Khan a chase, who sprinted out of the airport and got into a car, according to the FIR registered at the Sahar police station here.
The cop even tried to pull Khan out but he managed to stay put inside despite a scuffle and escaped in the vehicle, the official said citing the FIR.
The two Goa policemen filed a complaint against Khan after they failed to trace him, the official said.
A case has been registered against Khan and efforts are on to track him down, the official added. PTI DC NR
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