V Chandrasekhar, a softwareprofessional from Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district working inOslo, never imagined that he and his wife would be arrested byNorwegian Police for trying to discipline his 7-year-old son.
Chandrasekhar along with his wife Anupama was taken intocustody by the police in Oslo for allegedly trying todiscipline their son, their family here claimed.
The police arrested Chandrasekhar, a TCS employee ninemonths after the child complained to his school teachers thathis parents were threatening to send him back to India for hisacts, Chandrasekhar's nephew V Sailender claimed.
"My uncle had no idea about the case registered againsthim initially.He came to Hyderabad along with his wife andchildren in July and went back to Oslo in the last week ofOctober. Then he was served a notice to appear before theauthorities along with his wife," he said.
"My aunt also went to Oslo on November 23 and the coupleappeared before the authorities concerned. On November 28, wewere informed by my uncle's neighbours in Oslo that they werearrested and remanded," Sailender told PTI.
The boy was found urinating in the school bus which wasreported to his father, who in turn "threatened" the childthat he would be sent back to India if he repeated that again,Sailender said, adding the boy was also found bringing toysfrom school.
"We are yet to get complete details on Chandrasekharsarrest," he said.
He said the boy was under the custody of Norwegian childprotection authorities for some time in February to study hisbehavioural pattern.
Later, they found that the child was alright but'hyper-active' and handed over him to parents," he said.
When contacted, a spokesperson of TCS confirmed thearrest but refused to offer comment, saying that it was apersonal matter of the employee.