Lucknow: A probe has been ordered into allegations of torture of a teenage boy at a police outpost in the state capital after he was apprehended on suspicion of theft, Lucknow police said on Saturday.
The matter came to light when the victim’s family contacted social workers.
It has been alleged that the 14-year-old boy was picked up by police on Thursday and taken to the Telibagh outpost under the PGI police station after an FIR was lodged on a complaint suspecting the teenager’s involvement in an e-rickshaw theft.
The teenager, who used to drive an e-rickshaw to help his father, a labourer, was tortured and pressured to confess that he had committed the crime, his family members alleged.
Pictures of swelling and injuries on the boy’s legs were shared on social media widely.
“A probe has been ordered into the matter by SP, North,” Lucknow police tweeted on Saturday after it was directed by the UP Police, leading to an investigation in the matter and submission on an action-taken report.
A senior police official said action will be taken against the official responsible for the torture after the probe report of SP, North, Sukirti Madhav is submitted.
(PTI)