Kota: A wanted smuggler, Liaquat, escaped an Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) raid in Jhalawar district Saturday and fled after robbing a motorbike at pistol point, police said.“Wanted smuggler Liaquat succeeded in escaping during the raid and robbed a motorbike from a rider …,” Jhalawar SP Amit Kumar told TOI, adding that a separate case has been registered and efforts are on to arrest him.During the operation in Ghatakhedi village under Dug police station limits, five of Liaquat’s associates were detained, reports said. Two aides, identified as Arif Khan and Ujer, were injured and taken to hospital. Arif died on the way, while Ujer is being treated at a hospital in Jhalawar.Villagers and family members alleged police assaulted the detained men in a nearby forest during the raid. Police records show Arif Khan was listed as a history-sheeter at Dag police station since 2022, with several cases under the NDPS Act registered against him.
