5 teens flee Apna Ghar after bending toilet grills
HERALD CORRESPONDENT
OLD GOA, AUG 7
Five juveniles escaped from the Apna Ghar Protective Home at Merces by bending the toilet grills on Saturday evening.
The Superintendent of Apna Ghar informed Old Goa police that the incident took place sometime between 5.45 and 6 pm, when the five aged between 12 and 14 years bent the toilet grills and jumped over the compound wall.
Old Goa PI Francis Corte pointed out that the five were not criminals, but had been found missing and were sent to Apna Ghar.
Three are believed to be from the State, while one is from Delhi and the other is from Nashik.
Corte and a police team combed the area and were hopeful of tracing the missing teenagers.
A number of juveniles have escaped from the Apna Ghar either by breaking the window grills or by some other means on at least four different occasions since October 2008.
On October 29, 2008 about five children aged between 15 and 17 years, who were serving imprisonment in connection with thefts and narcotics cases, escaped from the Apna Ghar.
Then on January 6, 2009, Rafikul Islam alias Kumar Sopikul (17), the teenager from Assam who created a stir after loitering in the prohibited defence area at Vasco, caused further flutter when he escaped from the Apna Ghar.
On May 13, 2009, three children fled, while on June 28, 2009, around four children escaped from the Apna Ghar.
5 teens flee Apna Ghar after bending toilet grills
OLD GOA, AUG 7 Five juveniles escaped from the Apna Ghar Protective Home at Merces by bending the toilet grills on Saturday evening. The Superintendent of Apna Ghar informed Old Goa police that the incident took place sometime between 5.45 and 6 pm, when the five aged between 12 and 14 years bent the toilet grills and jumped over the compound wall.
