LUCKNOW, Feb. 19 -- A 12-year-old boy from Lucknow, who was sent to Meerut with the promise of education, was instead forced into child labour at a hotel, where he tragically died after falling into a pan of boiling milk. Nearly three months after the incident, Lucknow's Madyeganj Police registered an FIR on Tuesday following a court directive.

The boy's family claimed that the hotel operator forced him into child labour and, after the accident, sent him back to Lucknow in critical condition instead of providing proper medical care. The child succumbed to his injuries during treatment at the trauma centre, King George's Medical University (KGMU). When their pleas were ignored by police in both Meerut and Lucknow, the family approached th...