In a shocking incident, a 15-year-old boy was thrashed to death allegedly by his father and stepmother at Trilochanpur under the Abhayachandapur police limits in Paradip on Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Rahul Behera, whose body was found at a field near a school in the locality.
On being informed by locals, police reached the spot, recovered the body for postmortem and initiated an investigation to ascertain the circumstances under which the boy died.
Rahul’s uncle lodged a complaint with police that the boy was beaten to death by his father Makar Behera and stepmother Kuni Behera. On the basis of the complaint, police detained the accused duo for questioning.
Locals said the couple was torturing the boy frequently.
Notably, Rahul’s mother had also been found dead under mysterious circumstances around 10 years ago, over which his father was arrested and sent to jail, reports said.
