Bihar: Minor boy arrested for allegedly refusing free vegetables to policemen, Nitish orders probe

According to media reports, the policemen who were furious at the 14-year-old boy for denying free vegetables to them caught hold of him and put him behind bars in connection with a motorcycle theft case with two other boys whom he did not know.

New Delhi: Reports of a minor boy having being arrested three months ago for not giving vegetables to the local policemen free of cost, on allegedly farmed charges, has lately caught the attention of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar who has ordered a high-level probe into the reports. According to media reports, the policemen who were furious at the 14-year-old boy for denying free vegetables to them caught hold of him and put him behind bars in connection with a motorcycle theft case with two other boys whom he did not know. The Chief Minister's office, in a statement said that Kumar has “directed an officer of IG rank to conduct an inquiry and submit report within two days. Based on the findings of the report, speedy action will follow". According to media reports, the boy, a resident of Chitragupta Nagar locality in the state capital, was apprehended by police personnel on the evening of March 19 soon after he returned home after selling vegetables. The police personnel did not even reply to queries by the of the boy's family members, the reports claimed, adding that after frantically searching for him at different police stations for two days, the boy's family members were told by the Patrakar Nagar police station that he has been arrested in connection with a motorcycle theft case. The reports claimed that according to the family member, when they met the boy in jail, he alleged that the policemen had been angry with him ever since he had refused to give them vegetables for free, and he has been named a co-accused in the loot case along with two others, whom he did not know. The boy also accused the police of beating him up and making him sign documents, the contents of which he was not aware of. Inspector General of Police, Patna Zone, Naiyar Hasnain Khan said "The matter is very serious. It will be thoroughly probed and if allegations are found true, sternest possible action will be taken against the guilty policemen". Watch ABP News' report: (With PTI inputs)