Three boys – all under 14 years – who were accused of shop-lifting in Hoskote and brutally assaulted by a shopkeeper and his associates on June 30 will be admitted to a boarding school by the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR) even as the police arrested three more persons in connection with the incident.
After meeting the victims and their parents on Monday, Commission Chairperson Kripa Amar Alva told The Hindu that the parents have consented to the idea of admitting the children to a boarding school. "I have counselled the boys. Two of the boys are labourers while one is studying in 8 standard," Ms. Alva said, adding that the commission will rehabilitate them.
The victims narrated their ordeal and showed bruises and injury marks on their hands due to electric shocks administered to them. Unable to bear the beatings, they fell unconscious , but the accused sprinkled water to wake them and beat them again. They were allegedly tortured for over four hours.
The commission has summoned the Hoskote police and submit a detailed report based on which necessary action would be taken.
3 arrestedOn Sunday night, the Hoskote police arrested Nooruddin, Asif and Abdul in connection with the incident. The total number of arrests has gone up to seven.
The police said the accused abducted the three boys, took them to their shop and administered electric shocks. The three minors were later taken in a car to an isolated place where they were stripped and beaten up mercilessly. The accused had recorded the torture on their mobile phones and circulated the same as a warning against shop-lifting.
