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Influential people in Moro have not only tortured an orphan young boy but also hammered nails inside his legs, Dunya News reported on Monday. 11-year-old Mehtab was captured by some influential people near old railway station Moro accusing him of theft. The people, instead of involving the police, decided to deal with the case and to punish the child themselves. The cruel people tortured the young boy and even after torturing him brutally they inserted iron nails inside one of his legs. The hue and cry of the boy attracted the attention of people nearby who arrived at the scene and transferred the boy to Moro hospital. Due to the critical condition of the boy he was referred to Nawabshah Hospital. SHO Moro told Dunya News that the boy was brought by his neighbors in a critical condition but none of his relatives came to register a case. Meanwhile the judicial magistrate Sohail Ahmed took a suo-moto notice of the incident and ordered the local police to immediately arrest the accused.
