In what appeared to be an incident apparently inspired by some Bollywood masala movie, as many as four teen-aged prisoners escaped from a child remand home in Pardeshipura locality of the city last night. Despite massive combing operation by the city police, the accused children had not been traced till filing this report.
The incident, according to Heera Nagar police occurred last night at a new unit of child remand home, Pardeshipura when four teenage prisoners escaped from the remand home after throwing chili powder in the eyes of the remand home security guard and tying his hands and legs.
Police said few days back some teenage prisoners had been brought to child remand home Pardeshipura for their reformation. On Monday night, four of these teenage prisoners after throwing chilly power in the eye of security guard and tying his hands and legs, escaped from remand home by taking along keys of the main gate of remand home. Soon after the incident came to light, city police launched an intensive manhunt to at railway station, bus stand to nab them but could not succeed.
It was not the first time that child prisoners have escaped from special remand home for children. Four months back also, four teenage prisoners had escaped from the child remand home Pardeshipura.
These child prisoners were later rounded up by the police. Repeated incidents of escape from this remand home have pointed grave security lapses at the remand home where child prisoners in the age group of over 15 to 18 are lodged for their reformation. During their stay here, these teenage prisoners especially trained by special trainers so as to keep themselves away from the crime, said Heera Nagar police TI.