A case has been registered at the MIDC Police Station after a woman accused of a theft case escaped from police custody on Thursday night.

According to sources, the accused has been identified as Divya Vasant Kale alias Muskan Pawar (32), a resident of Shinde Shirasgaon in Lasur, Taluka Gangapur, District Sambhajinagar. Kale was allegedly caught red-handed by locals in a theft case on Thursday and handed over to the police. She was subsequently booked under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and placed under arrest.