Ludhiana, Feb. 28 -- Police on Thursday foiled an attempt to smuggle narcotics to an undertrial prisoner inside the Ludhiana district court complex, after recovering intoxicant capsules and smack from his possession. The suspected supplier, however, managed to escape amid the crowd.

The undertrial has been identified as Harpreet Singh, alias Happy, a resident of Doraha, who is already lodged in jail in a drug peddling case. He had been brought to court for a scheduled hearing when the incident took place.

According to officials, head constable Vipin Kumar of the Khanna police lines was part of the escort team deployed at the court premises. After the hearing, as personnel were re-handcuffing the accused, an unidentified man allegedly em...