21 Inmates Escape From Juvenile Home In Jharkhand, 4 Traced
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According to sources, the inmates had ransacked various items of the remand home, including CCTV cameras, before damaging the main entrance gate to make their way out.
A massive manhunt has been launched to trace and bring back the remaining inmates. (Representative image)
Altogether 21 minor inmates escaped from a remand home in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district on Tuesday evening after damaging the entrance gate, a senior police officer said.
Four of the inmates were later traced and brought back to the remand home.
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The boys fled the Chaibasa facility around 6.30 pm, DIG (Kolhan) Manoj Ratan Chothe told PTI.
Senior officials started an investigation, he said.
According to sources, the inmates had ransacked various items of the remand home, including CCTV cameras, before damaging the main entrance gate to make their way out.
A massive manhunt has been launched to trace and bring back the remaining inmates.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed - PTI)- Location :
Jharkhand, India, India
- First Published:
April 02, 2025, 22:06 IST