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Seven Children Escape Ratlam Shelter Home After Assaulting Guard, All Caught
Seven Children Escape Ratlam Shelter Home After Assaulting Guard, All Caught
The Free Press Journal reports that seven children in conflict with the law escaped from the Government Juvenile Shelter Home in Ratlam late Saturday night after assaulting the security guard and fleeing…
The Story in Brief
The Free Press Journal reports that seven children in conflict with the law escaped from the Government Juvenile Shelter Home in Ratlam late Saturday night after assaulting the security guard and fleeing through the main gate. Police launched a search and caught six from the Namli police station area and one from Ujjain.
Senior officials including SP Amit Kumar inspected the shelter. Police are investigating whether outsiders helped. Preliminary information indicates the children were detained for serious crimes including two rape cases, one murder, one attempted murder, and extortion.
The Indian Opinion
This escape will fuel polarised views: either these children are hardened criminals who need harsher detention, or they are victims of a broken system. The truth is more nuanced. The state has a duty to both protect society and rehabilitate children. The test is not just how quickly they were caught, but what happens next. Were they receiving any counselling? How many guards were on duty? Answers to those questions will tell us if this was a one-off failure or a systemic one.
Source: freepressjournal.in
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