Four inmates of Apna Ghar, Merces, escaped from the facility on Tuesday afternoon. While two were from the juvenile justice board section of the facility, the other two were admitted for protective care under directions of the Child Welfare Committee.
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The incident occurred at 2.45 pm on Tuesday. Old Goa police are on the lookout for three boys as one boy, a juvenile, has reportedly reached his home. Director of Women and Child Development Ruhi Redkar visited Apna Ghar at 5.30 pm to take stock of the situation. A written communication was made to the Old Goa police station by 6 pm, three hours after the incident. The police are conducting the preliminary inquiry and are yet to register the matter. Redkar told the Goan she has sought a report from the authorities.
An inter-office memo from Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) Chief Officer, Clen Madeira, warning the civic administrative staff for leaking info to media and RTI activists raised the heckles of the staff, who boycotted work for a while on Tuesday afternoon.
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Published Aug 9, 2017, 3:36 AM IST
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the goan I networkMAPUSA Sources in the council informed that the chief officer had signed a memorandum warning and directing the administrative staff not to interact with media or RTI activists in the council premises. The memorandum went through the official process of inward and outward, but before it could be circulated among the staff, the contents of the "harsh" memo were leaked out. The administrative staff got into a huddle and decided to strike work opposing the…
