Jaywanth Shekhar, accused of murdering and sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl in Chennai, managed to escape from police custody just a day after being arrested. Shekhar was arrested by a team of the Chennai Police, which is investigating the rape and murder case, from Mumbai earlier in the week. After being arrested, a local court gave the Chennai cops transit remand to take him back to the Tamil Nadu city. At some point, Shekhar's police escorts took him along for lunch at a the Satellite hotel, located near the Mumbai airport. Shekhar is wanted for the alleged rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl called Hasini.

Source: India Today December 08, 2017 06:45 UTC