Panchkula, March 22 -- Two men were arrested for allegedly tying up a 10-year-old boy to a pole and assaulting him after suspecting him of theft in Ramgarh, Panchkula.

According to the victim's mother, a resident of Mohali, her son had gone out to collect scrap on March 15, when he was falsely accused of theft by a juice shop owner Surjeet and three others. The accused proceeded to tie up her son's hands and feet with a rope inside the shop, beat him and threatened to kill him, the mother alleged.

The complainant and her son-in-law rushed to the shop after receiving a call from her son. Despite their pleas, the accused refused to release the boy and even threatened them with serious consequences. Left with no choice, the mother called t...