3 teenage boys stripped, beaten over theft charge; four held

Threeteenage school boys were stripped naked and mercilesslybeaten up by a group of men for allegedly stealing money from ashop near Hoskote in Bengaluru rural district, a video of which went viral today.
Police said four persons were arrested today in connection with the Thursday's incident.
The video shows a group of men repeatedly beating three boys with a stick and chasing them all across a deserted area even as they cry out in pain.
"They beat them, accused them of stealing fromthe shop; there are bruises all over their body...Aftergetting to know about the incident we took him to Hospital fortreatment and then gave a complaint," father of one of thevictims said.

"The boys were picked up after school by thegroup and taken to a nearby deserted area to be tortured.They are 8th standard students and were on fast(Ramzan),"a relative of one of the victims said.
Parents alleged that the boys were even given shock treatment by the men, one of whom wasthe shopkeeper's son.

Police said they are on the lookout for some other men, includng the shopkeeper's son
Families of the boys had earlier charged the police with inactionover the case.
Karnataka State Child Rights Commission is alsoseized of the matter.