A case was registered and three individuals have been arrested in Karnataka’s Koppal after a minor boy was allegedly lured to strip bare and carry out a puja to clear his father’s money owed, the police stated, including that the accused additionally shared a video of the identical on social media.
Officers recognized the accused as Sharanappa Talawara, Virupanagowda and Sharanappa Ojanahalli, all residents of Koppal and acquaintances of the teenage sufferer.
Although the incident happened in June, a criticism on this regard was filed with the police on Sunday after the boy’s mother and father got here to know in regards to the video, the police stated.
Based on officers, the trio had approached the boy’s mother and father to ship him alongside for Jal Jeevan Mission works at Hubballi. “They’d secured a contract for the work and promised a job for my son,” the boy’s father stated in a criticism.
The daddy had additionally shared particulars in regards to the household’s monetary difficulties and debt with the accused. “They misused this truth and satisfied my son to strip bare, assuring him that not one of the lenders would search compensation of loans as soon as the puja was full. Furthermore, they advised him that the household would additionally develop wealthy,” in accordance with the criticism.
Satisfied by their claims, the boy agreed to strip, smear himself with vibhuti (holy ash) and stood together with his eyes closed and a garland round his neck, the police stated. Within the video, the accused are additionally seen slicing a lemon and squeezing it on the boy’s head. As soon as the ritual was full, the trio threatened to homicide the boy’s father if he disclosed the incident to anybody else.
The police have filed an FIR beneath numerous sections of the IPC, Info Know-how Act and the Juvenile Justice Act.