A person has been arrested by police for allegedly thrashing his minor son black and blue and inscribing an abusive word on his back in the Telkoi area of Keonjhar district.
The incident on Tuesday triggered tension among locals. But acting swiftly, police arrested the boy’s father on the charges of child abuse and domestic assault.
According to reports, the boy is the only child of banker Ashwini Patra and veterinarian Diptimayee Badhei and a Class-I student of a private English medium school.
The boy’s father had allegedly been assaulting him since Monday for making some mistakes in his study. On Tuesday, he allegedly abused him and drove him out of home out of anger. The torture on the child did not end there as the father stripped the boy and wrote ‘Gadha’ (ass) on his back.
Scared, the boy started running towards a local market to save him. Locals spotted him and found injury marks on his body. They informed the police about the matter.
Police rescued the boy and registered a suo moto case under Sections 341, 294, 506, 323 and 325 of IPC and Section 75 of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015 and arrested the boy’s father.
When asked about the incident, the accused said he wanted to teach to his son a lesson for his mischievous activities.
Later, police handed over the child to his mother.