Juveniles at #Meerut home sexually exploited, cramped’

MEERUT: After 91 children lodged at the juvenile reform home in Meerut made a daring escape on the night of February 2, using bedsheets to make a rope and letting themselves down after removing the grill of a window, counsellors who had earlier interacted with the children expressed no surprise at the mass escape. The boys were cramped together, with 200 inmates in space meant for 100. Besides, some of the older boys had been sexually preying on younger inmates, counsellors said.