Mumbai: 2 children paraded naked for stealing snack worth Rs 2 | Dalit boys paraded naked

Two children, aged eight and nine, were allegedly beaten up, stripped, tonsured, garlanded with a string of shoes and paraded for stealing two chaklis from a shop at Ulhasnagar on Sunday as they could not control their hunger. The shop owner, Mehmood Pathan, 69, and his two sons Irfan, 25, and Tavakkal, 20, were arrested and remanded in police custody till May 23. The children’s mother, who is a widow, works as a domestic help. “As children’s mother was away, to quench their hunger, they took two chaklis, which were barely worth Rs 2, from a jar in the shop and ate them. When Mehmoood came to know about it, he was furious and slapped them. He also called his sons to teach the children a lesson,” said an officer from Hill Line police station. Follow us: YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/firstindiatv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1stIndiaNews Website: http://www.firstindianews.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/1stIndiaNews