Overview
- Local child-protection officials visited the Huzurnagar home after neighbours raised the alarm and filed a complaint that led police to register a case against the parents.
- Police have booked Ravi Nakarekanti and his wife Indu under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act while the investigation continues.
- Doctors treating the boys reported multiple injuries, including cigarette burn marks, abrasions, a fractured left hand and signs that some wounds were weeks old, and said the children appeared malnourished.
- Accounts differ on details from early reports: officials' complaints describe branding with heated ladles and cigarette burns while other reports cite heated iron rods, and the younger boy’s name appears inconsistently in coverage.
- The District Child Protection Unit, ICDS and Childline are involved in the case and the children are receiving medical care and protective services as investigators collect evidence and interview witnesses.