The Awutu Bereku District Police Command has arrested a couple for allegedly chaining and abandoning their nine-year-old son in a bush at Gomoa Nkwantanan.

While the motive behind the act remains unclear, Citi News sources indicate the boy was punished for his alleged stubbornness.

James Mensah, a resident of Nkwantanan who rescued the child, recounted finding him in chains, abandoned without food for two days.

“I met the boy in the bush with a chain on his leg. I questioned why he had a chain on his leg, and he said his father chained him and left him in the bush to die. I then reported to the Awutu Bereku Police Station. The father was invited by the police and has since been detained pending investigation,” an eyewitness stated.

According to reports, the suspects, Bismark Odoi, 35, and Saviour Arthur, 33, went into hiding after the incident but were later apprehended by the police to assist with investigations.

The boy revealed that his punishment stemmed from arriving late to school.

“I didn’t go to school early, and my father met me and questioned why. I explained to him, but he insisted on punishing me. So he put a chain on my leg and took me to a bush nearby, leaving me there for two days. I spent two days in the bush chained to a tree,” the boy recounted.

The police are currently investigating the case.