Depraved brothers thrash,electrocute kid over ‘theft’

The prosecution case was that Alam,who was then 12 years old,was working at the shop of the convicts for over ten months at a monthly salary of Rs 500. When he demanded his three months due salary,the convicts levelled a false allegation of theft of Rs 50,000 against him.

To make him confess the theft,they confined him in the shop on the intervening night of October 17-18,2007,pulled down the shutters and beat him up with belts and burnt him with cigarette butts on his chest and arms.

They also made him stand in a water tub and gave electric shocks on his knees,while asking him to hand over the money allegedly stolen by him.

When Alam’s 15-year-old elder brother Shemsher reached the shop looking for him,he was also taken in and both were beaten up the whole night.

When terrified Alam told them that he kept his savings with one Mansoor,Shafik and Shahab then called Mansoor,who in turn informed Alam’s uncle and police about the incident.

The medical expert said that Alam had sustained 43 injuries,including grievous ones.

“It has already been established that victim Alam was just a 12-year-old at the time of the incident whereas another victim Shemsher was 15 years old. Despite that both the convicts not only confined the victim for the whole night but also tortured them mercilessly”,the court said.

The judge also said that the convicts deserved substantial punishment as “one can only imagine their cruelty. One can also only imagine what kind of trauma the victims must have faced at that time. The convicts must be appearing as monsters to the victims. They (convicts) had not considered the tender

age of the victims.”

The court accepted the argument of the prosecution that even if Alam had committed the theft,it did not give the convicts the right to beat him up and it goes to show that they did not believe in the rule of law.

The judge also slapped a fine of Rs 61,000 on each convict and held that Alam and Shemsher are entitled to a compensation of Rs 70,000 and Rs 30,000,respectively.