Thane: In a major security breach, a 17-year-old juvenile offender escaped from police custody when he was taken to a hospital in Maharashtra's Thane district for a medical test, police said on Saturday.

According to the PTI report, the Juvenile Justice Board had ordered an ossification test for the minor to verify his age, and a team from the Bhiwandi police had taken him to a hospital for the same, an official said.

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The boy escaped from the custody of the police team on Thursday after he underwent the test, he said, adding that a search has been launched for him.

A first information report (FIR) under section 262 (resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) has been registered, the official said, news agency PTI reported.

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