A 15-year-old junior high school (JHS) pupil of Agormanya, near Akuse in the Eastern Region, had the shock of his life last Saturday after he had been subjected to severe assault by the father of a female pupil he is alleged to have befriended.

The boy was also detained at the Akuse Police cells for almost two days after he had allegedly been handcuffed and paraded through the streets of Agormanya by his assailant, Thomas Asare, and his policeman friend, Corporal Christian Anyan.

The boy, with a swollen face and bruises all over his body, collapsed and was rushed to the Akuse Government Hospital after the Deputy Eastern Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr James Abass Abaa, had ordered his immediate release from cells upon hearing of the case.

Mr Asare had allegedly waylaid the victim, who was returning home from weekend classes with Mr Asare’s 13-year-old daughter. After severely assaulting the boy, Mr Asare is said to have solicited the help of his friend, Corporal Anyan, who went to the scene to handcuff the boy, paraded him through some of the streets of the town before locking him up at the Akuse police cell.

Not even pleadings by onlookers and wailing by the boy's mother could make Mr Asare and Corporal Anyan have sympathy on the boy, who is said to have been treated like a criminal.