Eight-year-old Kishan Patnayak found near Nepal House Secretariat on Friday has been entrusted to a shelter house by the Child Rights authorities on Saturday. The cops who rescued the child from Nepal House handed him over to Child line.
Jharkhand State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (JSCPCR) member Sanjay Mishra said that identity verification of the child is in process and a commission report will be prepared and sent to CWC ( Child welfare Committee) to look into the case.
“Proper care of the child is being taken to relieve him from trauma and exact information on what exactly happened to him and who all were involved in such condition of the child will be known after 2-3 phases of counseling of the victim. An FIR will be filed accordingly. Rightful justice and compensation may be given to the child, according to the Child Protection Acts,” he added.
On being inquired by the police on Friday, Kishan said that he ran away from a house where the lady and the man used to beat him up every day for no reason. He clearly says that his parents are in Rourkela (Odisha) names them, knows his father's occupation and roughly tells the area around his house.