Summary:
New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) A 10-year-old boy who died on Saturday after he was allegedly sodomised and beaten up by his three friends in New Seelampur here last month told his mother that the accused hit him with bricks and inserted an iron rod into his private parts.
The boy"s mother said her son initially lied that he was injured while playing but narrated his ordeal to her when she prodded him.
The boy was sodomised and beaten up on September 18 and admitted to the LNJP Hospital on September 22, according to police.
"I work as a domestic help and was out for work when the (September 18) incident happened.
When I returned home, I saw that my son had an injury on his leg.
He told me that he was injured while playing.
I could have never imagined that something like this would have happened to him.
"He was in pain and when I prodded him, he just said that they will kill me," the boy"s mother said.
"When I asked him again, he told me that two to three boys sexually assaulted him.
They beat him up with an iron rod," she said.
The boy"s mother recorded a video of his narration.
His family members shared the video with PTI.
In the video, the boy is seen painfully telling his mother that the accused hit him with a brick and an iron rod.