Baleshwar: The Odisha Police Sunday arrested a shopkeeper and his father for allegedly beating a boy to death in Odisha’s Baleshwar district, officials said.
The body of the 11-year-old boy was found in an under-construction market complex room near the Tentulia gram panchayat office Saturday, they said.
The duo was apprehended after irate villagers ransacked the shop of the accused and put up a road blockade demanding justice.
The minor had gone to the shop Friday evening to purchase some groceries, and was caught by the shopkeeper while allegedly stealing money, police said.
Angry over his misconduct, the shopkeeper and his father allegedly assaulted the boy and he subsequently died, a police officer said.
The accused will be produced before a local court, said Jhon Pattanaik, inspector in-charge of Barhampur police station.