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Lucknow Police File FIR After Video Shows Boy Assaulted at Gunpoint

Authorities say the viral clip prompted a case registration, with the footage under examination.

Overview

  • DCP Vishwajeet Srivastava said Talkatora police registered an FIR after the clip surfaced, pledging strict action.
  • The family’s complaint reports the boy was seized around 2 am on December 31 from outside his Rajajipuram home.
  • The attackers allegedly forced him into a car, stripped and beat him, and pressed a pistol to his head while demanding ₹5 lakh.
  • He was held for four to five hours, then released near 6 am before returning home in a traumatised state, police said.
  • The complaint names Ishu Yadav and Anuj Dixit as accused, with the family alleging no arrests to date and reports differing on the boy’s age.