Boy compelled to drink alcohol; police launch probe

The Kochi City police have launched an investigation into an incident through which a 14-year-old boy alleged that his grandmother’s buddy had compelled him to drink alcohol and smoke ganja.

The Ernakulam North police registered the case on the course of District Police Chief (Kochi City) Putta Vimaladitya.

The boy, a Standard 9 pupil of a metropolis faculty, lives together with his mom and grandmother in a rented home after his dad and mom had been separated.

Allegedly, a 48-year-old man from Thiruvananthapuram regularly visited the home. According to the sufferer, the alleged incident occurred on December 24 final yr through the man’s go to when the boy’s mom was not at house.

The man allegedly had drinks in entrance of {the teenager} and in addition compelled him to drink. The boy was then reportedy taken to Vaduthala on a two-wheeler to obtain suspected ganja. Once again house, the person smoked ganja and compelled the boy to make use of it as nicely, the police mentioned.

The boy reportedly revealed the incident to his classmate, who in flip instructed his mom. She knowledgeable the sufferer’s mom, who instantly moved out of the home together with her son.

Reportedly, although the girl approached the Ernakulam ladies’s police with a grievance, there was a delay on their half. Subsequently, she filed a grievance with the District Police Chief.

The boy has been given counselling with extra classes seemingly. The police have additionally recorded the boy’s assertion.