Two 14-year-old boys from Madhya Pradesh’s Pandhurna district were hanged upside down, beaten and exposed to chili smoke as punishment for stealing a watch. The incident happened on October 31 and came to light on Sunday after a video of the incident went viral.

According to Mohgaon police station in-charge Rupalal Uike, the boys had gone to a local house to return the cash loan. While there, they apparently took a watch.

Realizing their mistake later, they quietly returned the clock to its original place. However, two men from the village, Nikhil Kalambe and Surendra Bawankar, saw the boys putting the clock back and then forcibly took the boys to a tractor garage where they questioned them about the alleged theft , they beat them and then subdued them. to the treatment with hot pepper smoke.

Initially, the boys did not inform their families about the incident. However, when the video, recorded by one of the accused, Surendra Bawankar, started circulating on WhatsApp, it eventually reached the father of one of the boys. Shocked, he questioned his son, who revealed the details of the ordeal. The father then took his son to the police station where a formal complaint was filed.

Police have arrested both Nikhil Kalambe, Surendra Bawankar and another suspect in the case and further investigations are on. Police have registered a case under sections 137, 2, 140, 3, 115, 35, 127, 2 and 75 of the NBS Act in connection with the incident.

With contributions from Pawan Kumar Sharma