MP: Eight juvenile undertrials escape observation home

The juvenile undertrials escaped by breaking the window grill of the room when others were sleeping in and ran away from the observation home on the intervening night of Tuesday-Wednesday.

Jabalpur: Eight juvenile undertrials made a daring escape from a children's observation home in Gokalpur locality of Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur city.

The juvenile undertrials escaped by breaking the window grill of the room when others were sleeping in and ran away from the observation home on the intervening night of Tuesday-Wednesday.

The eight juveniles, between the ages of 13 and 17, are accused in cases including theft and murder.

The escaped juveniles hail from districts including Mandla, Dindori and Katni.

According to sources, there were 40 children kept in the observation home and the security was manned by an elderly guard.

The hunt is on to nab the absconding juvenile undertrials.