The inmates escaped on Tuesday by breaking the lock of a storeroom at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Udyog Kendra, an observation home for juveniles
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Four juveniles escaped from a government-run observation home located in Yerwada area of Maharashtra's Pune city, police said on Wednesday.
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The inmates escaped on Tuesday by breaking the lock of a storeroom at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Udyog Kendra, an observation home for juveniles, they said.
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"The four inmates fled from the facility at around 12.30 pm on Tuesday. There was a quarrel between two groups of juveniles, and during this fight, the four juveniles broke the storeroom lock and, using a ladder, climbed the wall of the facility and fled away," a police officer from Yerwada police station said.
The police are looking for the juveniles, who are aged between 16 and 17, they said.
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