Another Indian couple is at the centre of a parenting storm in Norway, where they have been arrested for allegedly mistreating their son. Their abuse would not have come to light had the seven-year-old boy not wetted his pants in school and was reluctant to go home for the fear of being reprimanded by his parents.

Last night, it came to light that the parents not only scolded him for wetting his pants, but also repeatedly abused him for five years by scalding him with burnt metal and beating him with a leather belt. This is brutal by any standards, and in Norway, where they take child rights seriously, the couple has been jailed. Rightly so.