Following the escape of a juvenile delinquent from Mukherjee Nagar observation centre on Monday afternoon, the Delhi Police has given police protection to two minor children who are witness to a robbery and brutal murder of their mother Madhubala that had taken place on November 7, 2013. She was the wife of one Ajay Gupta, a jeweller of the locality. The murder was committed by a 16-year-old juvenile along with his associates fled from juvenile remand home in Adharshila observation home at Kingsway Camp in Mukherjee Nagar.
A senior police said that this juvenile poses grave risk to the lives of a 15-year-old-girl and her 10-year-old brother hence, security protection has been given. “He had escaped from the home where he was kept after being apprehended in a robbery case. He committed the murder after fleeing from there,” he said.
Police further sources said several teams of crime branch and east district have been informed about the juvenile who escaped from observation centre. “We have alerted the beat staff and deployed two police personnel outside their residence. After their arrest, we have submitted the chargesheet before the court and both the children are the eyewitnesses of our case. We fear that those children may be targeted and as a precautionary we have deployed our police personnel there,” the officer added. last year, the five juveniles who had escaped from the observation home, were allegedly roped into the crime by the local cable operator of Mayur Vihar area and allegedly killed the wife of a silver ornaments jeweller — Ajay Gupta and robbed his house.