Mumbai: Six minor girls escape from correctional home in Govandi by breaking window, two return

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As many as six minor girls escaped from a correctional home in the Govandi area of Mumbai, a police official told the PTI. A few hours later, two girls returned back willingly, he said.

The girls, in the 15-17 age group, had fled from the facility located on Sion-Trombay Road in the early hours of Sunday after breaking a window grill with stones, he added.

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"It was found that someone had helped them flee so a case was registered against unidentified person/s. Late Sunday night, two girls came back to the correctional home willingly. Efforts are on to trace the others," he said.

He said a kidnapping case had been registered in connection with the girls fleeing.

(with PTI inputs)