Telangana Government has suspended three officials of the Juvenile Home in Hyderabad holding them responsible for the escape of 15 juveniles on Saturday night. Three of the 15 minors were caught by the police and the search was on. Three police teams were constituted to nab the other 12 boys.
After the boys, aged 15 to 17, escaped from the correctional facility at Chanchalguda by cutting the grills of a window on the ground floor, couple of them also stole a parked two wheeler.
On the complaint of the officials of the Juvenile Welfare and Correctional Services Saidabad police registered a case and launched a search for them.
Police said the fifteen boys belong to Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy and Mahbubnagar districts. Their families have also been informed and alerted, K Sattaiah, police inspector Sayeedabad said.
Director of Juvenile Welfare services Shailaja said that most of the boys kept in correctional homes were addicted to drugs and the department had reached an understanding with Asha hospital to help them in de addiction program.
Chanchalguda Home had high security and CCTV cameras which caught the scenes of the boys fleeing from there.