Boy, 8, Tied To Pole And Flogged For Plucking Flowers From Nursery In UP’s Bareilly

Bareilly Police have filed an FIR and launched a search to nab the nursery owner and his son who flogged the boy for plucking flowers.

A minor boy was tied to a pole and flogged for plucking flowers from a nursery in UP's Bareilly.

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An eight-year-old boy from Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly was allegedly tied to a wooden pole and flogged for plucking flowers from a nursery. After the incident came to the fore, the Bareilly police booked the nursery owner and his son for assaulting the boy.

The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon in the Umaria village in Bareilly after the boy, Adarsh, allegedly plucked flowers from the nursery. The victim's father, Pintu Sharma, registered a complaint with the Cantonment police station against Rohit Tandon, the owner of Pushpanjali Rose Nursery, Indian Express reported.

Sharma claimed that he had requested the nursery owner to not beat his son, but "he threatened that he would kill him because he plucked flowers from his nursery". He further said that Tandon’s son also joined him. Sharma requested assistance from the Bareilly police, and his son was reportedly freed only after they arrived.

Search On To Nab Absconding Nursery Owner And His Son

The incident has gone viral on social media. The minor's father also attached a video clip of the incident while filing his complaint at the Cantonment police station. Station House Officer said Thursday morning said that the police are conducting raids to arrest the father-son duo who have been on the run since the incident took place.

"We have lodged a First Information Report (FIR) against the accused based on the complaint by the victim’s father. We are conducting raids to arrest the father-son duo who are currently absconding. We are hopeful of arresting them soon," Indian Express quoted Rajesh Kumar, Station House Officer(SHO) as saying.

The FIR has been lodged under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) section 115-2 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt to someone), 351-3 (threatening someone with death), 352 (intentionally insulting someone in a way that provokes them to break the peace), and 127-2 (wrongful confinement).

"An unusual punishment was meted out to the minor boy by the nursery owner for plucking a few flowers. He and his son will be arrested soon as raids are being carried out at their possible hideouts," Manush Pareek, Superintendent of Police, Bareilly city said.