The Penamaluru police on Sunday registered a case against a 12-year-old boy after a cricket ball hit a woman when children were playing in an apartment.
A police constable took the minor, a student of Class 7, to the police station, where he was allegedly beaten up in custody.
“A case has been registered against the minor following a complaint that a cricket ball hit the neighbour of the same apartment located at Tadigadapa in Krishna district,” said CI of Penamaluru T.V.V. Rama Rao.