India, Feb. 28 -- A 25-year-old suspect in a number of mobile snatching cases escaped the police custody on Friday at DLF police station in Sector-29 after pushing the cops away, an officer said.

The accused was identified as Ravi Kumar, a resident of Shanti Colony in Mandi Pahari, Delhi. He was arrested along with his associate, Aditya Kumar, 24, a resident of Bhim Basti, a neighbouring area of Shanti Colony, on Thursday night.

The duo were produced before the court on Friday, which remanded them to one day of police custody. When they returned to the station, the officer said Ravi shoved a policeman, managed to free himself and ran away. "An alarm was raised, and several cops ran behind him, but he managed to escape. His associate was...