21 child prisoners escaped late Tuesday evening from the communication house in Chaibasa. It is being told that a sudden quarrel started between the child prisoners, after which some prisoners attacked the security guards. During this, he also damaged furniture and CCTV cameras. Taking advantage of the atmosphere of chaos, many captives escaped by breaking the lock of the main gate.
The administration became cautious as soon as the information about the absconding of the child prisoners. Trainee IPS Nikhil Rai, SDPO Bahaman Tuti, SDO Sandeep Anurag Topno, Sadar CO Upendra Kumar and Mufassil police station in -charge Ranjit Oraon immediately reached the communication house and took stock of the situation. Till late night, the officers kept camp on the spot and a thorough investigation of the entire incident continued.
The administration has started a widespread search operation to search for the absconding child prisoners. Police are being raided in various areas of the district. Till now a child captive has been caught, while the search for the rest is on.
DC expressed resentment, said- security lapse will be investigated
Paschim Singhbhum Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kuldeep Chaudhary, considering the incident as serious, said that this is a matter of major omission in security. He informed that the current system of communication house will be reviewed and strict action will be taken against the culprits. He said that this incident indicates many irregularities, which the administration will soon take concrete steps to overcome.
DC Kuldeep Chaudhary said that after a thorough investigation into this incident, a concrete action plan will be prepared so that such incidents do not happen again in future. He assured that security measures will be strengthened and administrative stringent arrangements will be made in the child improvement home.
According to the information, there were a total of 85 child captives in the Chaibasa communication house, out of which 21 escaped. The administration is now investigating how such a big lapse in security. According to officials, questions have been raised before the security system in the reform home and after this incident its seriousness has increased.
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