Nagpur parents go to work, chain 12-yr-old 'habitual thief' at home

NAGPUR: A 12-year-old lad was allegedly chained and locked by his daily-wager parents successful Nagpur for respective hours a time implicit 2 months amid claims that helium was an inveterate cellphone thief.The schoolhouse dropout was yet rescued Friday pursuing a tip-off by teams from Maharashtra govt's women and kid improvement dept and the police. He has been shifted to a govt location for children.

"He was lasting connected a bucket erstwhile the rescue squad reached his place. His parents utilized to necktie him astatine 9am regular earlier going to work," said a source, adding the injuries from being tied were astatine slightest 2 to 3 months old.According to the source, the lad had behavioural problems.

"Ajni constabulary presumption was alerted astir the boy's behaviour. The parents got hassled implicit his wrongdoings, particularly theft," the root added.The parents had discontinued the boy's education.A aesculapian introspection confirmed injuries connected the child's hands and legs caused by chains and ropes, on with signs of imaginable intelligence and carnal trauma. The lawsuit volition beryllium presented earlier a Child Welfare Committee. Police are investigating the substance nether Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act.