A man allegedly forced five teenage boys to dip their hands in hot boiling oil to prove their 'innocence' regarding a missing mobile phone case.

Chaggan Lala Varia suspected that one of the five boys, between the age group of 8 and 15, had stolen his 13-year-old son's mobile phone. Varia, a resident of Madhya Pradesh's Narsinghpada village, cited local superstitions and told them that if they are innocent nothing will happen to them.

After the accused boys took the so-called test, the boys were taken to a government hospital in Raoti, Madhya Pradesh and three of them have been admitted with severe injuries.

Raoti police station in-charge Ram Singh Rathor said that Varia has been arrested and booked under Section 324 of the Indian Penal Code.

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