Overview
- Child protection officials rescued the boy in Nagpur after a tip to Child Helpline 1098 led a team to his home on Friday.
- The child was reportedly restrained daily for roughly two to three months, typically from around 9 a.m. when his parents left for work.
- Doctors documented injuries on his hands and legs and signs of mental and physical trauma, and he is now in a government children’s home receiving treatment and counselling.
- Ajni police have received a complaint and opened a probe under the Juvenile Justice Act, and the case has been placed before the Child Welfare Committee.
- The parents, identified as daily-wage labourers, told officials they tied him because of alleged repeated thefts and had previously taken him out of school.