Bhubaneswar, May 4: Yesterday the Ruchika Shelter Home authorities filed a complaint at the Lingaraj PS here that twelve children of Ruchika open shelter here have escaped from the shelter home by breaking the bathroom skylight late night on May 1. Out of the 12, one has been caught at the railway station here but the rest are yet to be traced. In the meantime, the Child Welfare Committee members are counselling the caught kid caught as to under what circumstances the kids had to flee and how did they managed to do the same. Out of the 11 fled, there is a Bangladeshi kid who is said to be the main plotter. The kid has even fled once from Jatni-based shelter home few days back but was nabbed and kept at the Ruchika open shelter. An investigation has begun by the Khurda Collector into the incident. Benudhar Senapati, Child Welfare Committee member said to media that such incidents occur as police keeps children having criminal background at the shelter home instead of putting them under the juvenile justice board’s observation home in Berhampur.
