Chechen leader's son not investigated for beating prisoner as he is under-age - agency

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov in Moscow, Russia, September 28, 2023. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS/ File Photo

(Reuters) - The son of Ramzan Kadyrov, leader of Russia's Chechnya region, will not be investigated for beating up a prisoner accused of burning the Koran as he is only 15, the Russian online news provider Baza reported on Wednesday.

Kadyrov had said he was proud of his son Adam for acquiring "adult ideals of honour, dignity and defence of his religion", recirculating a video in which a young man in khaki punches and kicks a man cowering in a chair before wrestling him to the floor and slapping him on the head.