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ABBOTTABAD, Dec 19: A prisoner Nazeer Khan, who was under police custody, escaped from the district headquarters hospital Abbottabad on Eid. Police had arrested Nazeer son of Ujoon Khan in a narcotics case.

He was also wanted by the Punjab Police in a murder case registered in Shar Bagh police station, Lahore.

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