A man is seen lighting the beedi and the five-year-old boy on his lap takes puffs.
Chennai:
The disturbing video of a little boy in Tamil Nadu being forced to smoke a beedi, is being shared on social media.
A man is seen lighting the beedi and the five-year-old boy on his lap takes puffs. Voices are heard cheering and egging him on in Tamil.
At least five men are seen in the 34-second video. One of them is even heard warning that this is an offence and could mean a six-year jail term.
Last July, four men were arrested in the Tiruvanamalai district of Tamil Nadu for forcing a four-year-old boy to drink liquor.
The source of this video and the identities of the boy and the men are not known at the moment.