Twenty-five inmates of a juvenile home in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh escaped on Tuesday morning following a clash between two groups, a police official said. Five of the juvenile delinquents have since been nabbed while 20 others still are missing and on the run, the police official told IANS.
Two groups of inmates of the juvenile home in Suraj Kund Park in Meerut district clashed on Monday night.
As a police squad and senior officials arrived at the juvenile home, they were attacked with stones.
“In the melee that ensued, 25 inmates slipped out of the premises,” the police official said.
The institution had a total of 61 inmates. This is the second instance of inmates escaping from the juvenile home in the last 15 months.