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The Awutu Bereku District Police Command has arrested a couple for allegedly chaining and abandoning their nine-year-old son in a bush at Gomoa Nkwantanan in the Central Region.
The motive behind the disturbing incident remains unclear, but Citi News sources suggest the boy was punished for alleged stubbornness.
James Mensah, a resident of Nkwantanan who discovered the boy, recounted the shocking scene.
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“I met the boy in the bush with a chain on his leg. I questioned why he had a chain on his leg, and he said his father chained him and left him in the bush to die. I then reported to the Awutu Bereku Police Station. The father was invited by the police and has since been detained pending investigation,” Mensah revealed.
Reports indicate the suspects, Bismark Odoi, 35, and Saviour Arthur, 33, went into hiding after the incident but were later apprehended by the police to assist with investigations.
The boy recounted his ordeal, revealing that the punishment stemmed from arriving late to school.
“I didn’t go to school early, and my father met me and questioned why. I explained to him, but he insisted on punishing me. So he put a chain on my leg and took me to a bush nearby, leaving me there for two days. I spent two days in the bush chained to a tree,” the boy recounted.
The police are currently investigating the incident, and the suspects remain in police custody.
The incident has drawn widespread condemnation from residents and human rights advocates, who are calling for justice and better protection for vulnerable children.
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