Kollam:A man in an inebriated condition, threw out his one-and-half-year old daughter following quarrel with his wife, police said on Monday. The child sustained injury on her head and is undergoing treatment while the couple has been booked under the Juvenile Justice Act.
According to police, the incident took place at around 8 pm in Chinnakada Kurkanpalam in Kerala's Kollam district yesterday. The couple, native of Tamil Nadu was drinking inside their house and suddenly got into a dispute. They were in the middle of an argument when their daughter came there. In a fit of rage the man allegedly picked up the child and threw her out.
The child sustained a severe head injury due to the fall. The local people rushed her to the district hospital. As her condition remained critical, she was shifted to SAT Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram. Presently, the child is admitted in the intensive care unit of the SAT Hospital.