Undertrial Onkar Singh Bajwa was lodged in Modern Central jail at Kapurthala and was brought here for a hearing in local civil court.
"When Bajwa was being taken into the court, his three acquaintances assaulted Havalidar Surjit Singh in an attempt to make Bajwa escape. But alertness of local police and the security guards accompanying the undertrial foiled their bid by overpowering two assailants while the third managed to flee," said Phagwara SP Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh.
Two persons, Surjeet Singh and Manjit Kaur, were arrested while another managed to escape, the SP said.