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Amritsar, July 15: Three of the six minor beggar children caught from Amritsar last week under the Punjab government’s “Jeevanjyot 2.0” campaign escaped from the care center in Pingalwara. All these children were picked up from the streets of the city a week ago by the District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) and were currently kept under the care of the All India Pingalwara Charitable Society.
It is said that the three children, whose ages were between 10 and 15 years, had come to Amritsar with their families. After coming here, they started begging. After being caught, they were kept in Pinglawara. From here, these children escaped by climbing a ladder on a wall near the bus stand.
Kids ran away from planning, planned first
The surprising thing is that they already knew that there was no CCTV in that area. It is clear that before escaping, they did a recce of the entire center and made a plan. After which they were successful in escaping from Pingalwara Care Center.
DCPU has filed a Daily Diary Report (DDR) in this case at Rambagh Police Station. Police say that the children escaped between 1:30 am and 2:00 am on Wednesday-Thursday night. Two women constables were deployed for security, but despite this the children managed to escape.
DCPU department started investigation
District Child Protection Officer Taranjit Singh said, “We are investigating every angle as to how these children managed to escape by dodging the security. It is very suspicious that the children knew about the area where there was no CCTV. The question also arises that why only those three children ran away?”
Pingalwara had already given information about low security
Pingalwara Chief Administrator Yogesh Suri said that he is also investigating the matter. The director of the institution, Dr. Inderjit Kaur, informed that when these children were brought, she had already informed the DCPU that there is not enough staff for monitoring at night.
He said that most of the children who are picked up from the streets are either abandoned or forced to beg by their families. In such a situation, this work becomes very challenging without a tracking system and security.
