This is the sinister moment a man in custody escaped a police station by knocking two officers unconscious with a pickaxe in India this week (11 September).

Shocking footage filmed in Narsinghpur, Madhya Pradesh shows him creeping up behind constables Umesh Babu and Gajraj Singh with a pickaxe and smashing them over the head. He is then seen running out of the front door

Police arrested Vishnu Rajawat, 25, and a friend for violating the peace, but instead of locking them up, they left them to sit outside the cell without handcuffs.

The policemen, Umesh Babu, who was seriously injured and referred to Delhi for treatment passed away yesterday morning (September 12). The other policeman has been admitted to a local hospital.

This the shocking moment an arrested man escaped a police station by knocking two officers unconscious -- with a PICK AXE. Police arrested Vishnu Rajawat, 25, and a friend for violating the peace, but instead of locking them up, they left them to sit outside the cell without handcuffs. Shocking footage shows him creeping up behind constables Umesh Babu and Gajraj Singh with a pick axe - and smashing them over the head.