Mumbai: 17 women inmates escaped from a state government-run rescue home near Mumbai on Monday, police said.
The women escaped on Monday morning by scaling the wall of Navjivan Women's Rescue Home in suburban Mankhurd, said a police officer.
According to police, the women had been either rescued by police during the raids conducted at ladies' bars or from prostitution dens in the city.
A complaint was registered at Govandi police station, police said adding efforts were on to trace the women.
The women escaped on Monday morning by scaling the wall of Navjivan Women's Rescue Home in suburban Mankhurd, said a police officer.
According to police, the women had been either rescued by police during the raids conducted at ladies' bars or from prostitution dens in the city.
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