Pratapgarh (UP): In what may bring embarrassment to the Uttar Pradesh Police, a video surfaced on Thursday showing a murder accused shopping in a mall with the cops.

The accused who was to be produced in court, was seen shopping with police constables without handcuffs at a shopping mart located in Pratapgarh.

#WATCH: Murder accused to be produced in court shops with Police constables, without handcuffs, at a shopping mart in UP's Pratapgarh (CCTV) pic.twitter.com/WNjQMgsxKy

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The incident was caught on CCTV camera installed at the shopping mart.

The accused, Vikas Mishra has been booked on charges of murdering a home guard deployed at the Manikpur Police Station in February last year.