22 minors escape from Jaipur juvenile home by cutting window net
As many as 22 minors escaped from a juvenile home in Jaipur by breaking a window. Of these, a case of rape is going on against eight boys while 13 boys are being probed for attempt to murder. A case of murder has been registered against the other minor.
Jaipur, Feb 12 (IANS) As many as 22 minors escaped from a juvenile home in Jaipur by breaking a window. Of these, a case of rape is going on against eight boys while 13 boys are being probed for attempt to murder. A case of murder has been registered against the other minor.
After getting information from the guards, the police reached the spot and launched a search for the missing minors.
The incident took place at the juvenile home located in Sethi Colony.
An officer at the Transport Nagar police station said: “The boys escaped by cutting the window net between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. in the morning. After receiving the information, the police reached the spot and collected the records of the minor children from the juvenile home.”
The police have not yet received any complaint from the juvenile home.
According to the police, this is the first time that such a large number of minors have escaped from a juvenile home together.
The police said some outsiders might had planned to free the minors. First the minors cut the window net, and then in the morning, they ran away.
DCP (East) Gyanchand Yadav said: "Police teams have been sent to the houses and possible hideouts of the minors. A report will be filed and a complaint will be registered against the minors whose family members have been informed."
Meanwhile, the police have detained a guard of the juvenile home for questioning.
--IANS
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