The Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service is investigating a case in which a nine-year old primary 3 pupil (Name withheld) has been subjected to inhumane treatment by his father.
According to police In Adansi-Asokwa in Adansi North District of the Ashanti region, the victim was accused of stealing GH¢10 belonging to his father.
A Samaritan, who spotted the boy with wounds of the severe beatings he received in the hands of the father, reported the matter to the police who are currently holding onto the suspect.
He spoke to mynewsgh.com on why he involved the police “It is not good for a child to steal, but this is not how to reprimand him. It could be that he was hungry”
Source: mynewsgh.com
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