VIJAYAWADA: In a shocking incident, a minor boy was illegally detained and tortured by city police. Police resorted to the brutal act allegedly to appease a liquor shop owner who lodged a theft complaint against the child. The incident came to light on Thursday when the parents of the victim boy met the labour department officials and lodged a complaint.
Shocked to see the boy unable to walk due to the injuries, the labour department officials rushed him to the government hospital for treatment. According to information, a 14-year old boy Vallepu Buchibabu had been working Lakshmi wines of Kankipadu village for the last four months after his father Satyaraju hospitalized with paralysis. The boy, however, skipped the work for two days due to ill health and went to the shop on Wednesday. The shop owner Nageswara Rao, who found Rs 50 thousand missing from cash chest late on Sunday, suspected Buchibabu for the theft. Angered over seeing Buchibabu in the shop, Nageswara Rao reported to have beat him up in blue and black.
With boy claiming innocence about the theft, Rao handed over him to Penamalur police. Taking the wine shop owner's complaint seriously, the police reported to have roughed up the boy asking him to cough up the information. They reported to have grilled him as to why he abstained from work had he not committed to the crime. A woman constable reported to have crushed the boy with her shoes resulting in serious injury on the boy's legs. The constables reported to have also used lathi to make their liquor shop owner friend happy.
Childline coordinator A Ramesh said that all the child welfare related departments swung into action and initiating various measures to take up the issue to the notice of the senior officials. He said that labour department had already slapped a case against liquor show owner for engaging the minor in the work. Mother of the child, Padma lodged a complaint against the Penamalur police. When contacted, ACP (East) KM Maheswara Raju said that they were probing into the incident and take action against the police if found guilty. The victim would be produced before the district child welfare board which would take steps for his rehabilitation.
Shocked to see the boy unable to walk due to the injuries, the labour department officials rushed him to the government hospital for treatment. According to information, a 14-year old boy Vallepu Buchibabu had been working Lakshmi wines of Kankipadu village for the last four months after his father Satyaraju hospitalized with paralysis. The boy, however, skipped the work for two days due to ill health and went to the shop on Wednesday. The shop owner Nageswara Rao, who found Rs 50 thousand missing from cash chest late on Sunday, suspected Buchibabu for the theft. Angered over seeing Buchibabu in the shop, Nageswara Rao reported to have beat him up in blue and black.
With boy claiming innocence about the theft, Rao handed over him to Penamalur police. Taking the wine shop owner's complaint seriously, the police reported to have roughed up the boy asking him to cough up the information. They reported to have grilled him as to why he abstained from work had he not committed to the crime. A woman constable reported to have crushed the boy with her shoes resulting in serious injury on the boy's legs. The constables reported to have also used lathi to make their liquor shop owner friend happy.
Childline coordinator A Ramesh said that all the child welfare related departments swung into action and initiating various measures to take up the issue to the notice of the senior officials. He said that labour department had already slapped a case against liquor show owner for engaging the minor in the work. Mother of the child, Padma lodged a complaint against the Penamalur police. When contacted, ACP (East) KM Maheswara Raju said that they were probing into the incident and take action against the police if found guilty. The victim would be produced before the district child welfare board which would take steps for his rehabilitation.
No comments:
Post a Comment