A 14-year-old boy was captured on digicam being flogged in Maheshtala city of West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on allegations of cell theft. He has been lacking for the reason that incident on Could 31.
Within the video, which had surfaced on-line, the boy was seen hanging the other way up and being overwhelmed in public view. He had additionally allegedly been given electrical shocks.
The boy has been lacking for the reason that incident. Police from Maheshtala’s Rabindra Nagar police station have initiated a search and arrested two individuals to date.
The sufferer was reportedly a resident of Islampur in West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district and was working in a garment manufacturing facility in Maheshtala.
The garment manufacturing facility is owned by one Mohammad Shahenshah, who had employed each the sufferer and his brother from Islampur roughly two months again. Shahenshah has reportedly shut his manufacturing facility and absconded.
Mohammad Dil, the sufferer’s father, lodged a criticism at Islampur police station on June 1. Residents of Maheshtala claimed that they noticed the sufferer with a gaggle of individuals searching for a cell phone close to a pond, earlier than he was overwhelmed up.
This incident follows an analogous growth final week, the place a 12-year-old boy had taken his life after being accused by a shop-owner of stealing a packet of chips from the store.
In line with the police, the boy was humiliated after the store proprietor, in addition to the boy’s mom, allegedly strongly reprimanded him for selecting up the chips.
The boy had allegedly consumed poison and succumbed to dying after being rushed to the hospital.
Revealed – June 05, 2025 03:28 am IST