A juvenile delinquent who allegedly headed a gang of minors indulging in burglaries and thefts again escaped from an observation home in Mukherjee Nagar here along with 16 other inmates on Sunday.
Seventeen-year-old Sonu (name changed) has escaped from the observation home seven times in as many years.
“Seventeen juveniles escaped from the observation home by scaling the rear boundary wall around 3 p.m. Efforts are being made to trace them,” said a senior police officer.
Cases of theft
Sonu, who was detained on March 19 and sent to the observation home, heads a gang of juveniles who are involved in over 100 cases of theft and burglary, the police said. His gang has allegedly set afire several houses in Laxmi Bai Nagar after committing burglaries.
He had earlier fled from the observation home along with 26 other inmates on March 14, barely five days after he along with his two accomplices were detained while allegedly trying to commit robbery in a house at Pillanji village in South Delhi.
The Delhi Police have urged the Juvenile Justice Board to take extra precautions in the case of Sonu considering that he had escaped several times.
