Parents hand over 16-year-old boy to juvenile home

CHENNAI: A 16-year-old juvenile offender was handed over by his parents to the officials of the juvenile home in Kellys on Monday. He had earlier been arrested by the police in a theft case.
According to the police, Shanmugam (name changed) of TP Chatram had, along with a few other inmates of the home, bent the iron grille of the window and escaped from the building in the wee hours of Sunday.He then went home and told his parents that he had been set free by officials of the home.
However, the boy's parents came to know through newspapers that he was among the 18 who escaped from the home. They advised him, took him to the juvenile home and handed him over to the officials. He was later admitted to the government observation home.
Earlier, another juvenile from Villivakkam was brought back by his parents to the home. "Special teams have been formed to pick up the other juveniles," a police officer said.
It may be recalled that 18 juveniles from the home had bent the iron grille of a window on the first floor, jumped over the sun-shade and then leapt to the ground. Later, they scaled the compound wall and fled.