LUCKNOW, Jan. 2 -- Police registered an FIR late on Thursday evening after a video went viral purportedly showing a boy being beaten and threatened at gunpoint inside a car after his alleged abduction by a group of miscreants in Rajajipuram area here for ransom on Wednesday.

The boy, whose exact age could not be ascertained, was set free at around 6 am on Thursday following which he returned home in a traumatised condition, police said.

Deputy commissioner of police (west) Vishwajeet Srivastava confirmed the registration of the FIR under relevant sections based on the written complaint received at Talkatora police station from the boy's mother. "The video is being examined and investigated. Strict action will be taken against the accuse...