Madhya Pradesh: Teenagers Hung Upside Down, Forced To Inhale Chilli Smoke For Theft

Two teenagers were hung upside down, beaten up and forced to inhale chilli smoke with hot coals placed near their heads in Madhya Pradesh’s Pandhurna district.

A video of the incident is doing the rounds on social media following which three men were arrested on Monday.

According to the police, in the video, a minor boy can be seen hanging upside down with hot coal placed near his head.

His hands are tied with a rope and he is heard crying loudly and, later, a man is also seen tying another boy in the video, they said.

Police said the incident took place on Sunday (November 3) in Mohgaon, around 30 km from the district headquarters.

In the video, people are heard accusing the boy of stealing a watch and other items, they said.

Pandhurna SP Sundar Singh Kanesh said the police arrested three persons allegedly involved in the incident.

Former chief minister Kamal Nath, meanwhile, condemned the incident.

“A video has surfaced of a small child being hung upside down and beaten and then two children being forced to inhale chilli smoke.

This incident is highly condemnable.

There is no place for such acts in a civilized society.

I demand the local administration to take strict action against all the culprits in this case,” (sic) he said in a post on X.

Nath said he is requesting the people of Pandhurna and the entire Madhya Pradesh that losing patience in such small matters and punishing children so brutally is dangerous.

“If a crime is committed, action should be taken according to the law and not by taking the law in one’s hands and behaving brutally with children.

Such incidents of torturing children bring down our region’s respect in the society,” he wrote.

A case was registered under sections 137(2) (kidnapping), 127(2) (wrongful confinement), 115 (causing hurt), 296 (obscene act) and other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS).

(With PTI inputs).