A minor girl, who was sent to Nari Niketan, a shelter home for juvenile female offenders, escaped on Tuesday night with the help of an inmate. The girl was sent to the correction home for stealing mobile and cash.
The accused, Kavita (name changed) was again caught by a police team on Wednesday afternoon from Hallo Majra. As per sources within the UT police, Kavita was sent to Nari Niketan by district court where she befriended another girl inmate, lodged at the correction facility. “Kavita along with her mother was arrested by Chandigarh police for allegedly stealing two mobile phones and cash from a house in Ramdarbar. Both the accused were produced before a magistrate in a district court. Mother of the minor accused was sent to judicial custody and the juvenile girl was sent to Nari Niketan,” said SHO Kirpal Singh.
Kavita, after being arrested was questioned by the police official, wherein she confessed that she has been stealing things in connivance with her mother. Accused was produced before a magistrate in district court on Wednesday, for allegedly running away from the correction home. later, she was again sent back to the Nari Niketan, added Kirpal Singh.