Speaking to reporters, Director (Women and Child Development) Shilpa Shinde said that three of the escaped inmates had been traced and that a probe has been ordered to establish whether the escape was planned or was executed on the spur of the moment by the inmates.
Shinde said:"The escape happened after a policeman who was scheduled for night duty reported late for work. The Superintendent of Police (North Goa) has been asked to submit a report as to whether the constable's coming late for work was a coincidence or part of a conspiracy."
The nine women, late last night overpowered a woman guard, by tying her to a chair, and then jumped over the compound wall of the facility.
After an alarm was sounded and a search initiated, three of the escapees were located and brought back, while six others are still missing.
