Idukki: A five-year-old boy, son of an Assam native, residing at Thodupuzha Undaplavu, in Idukki district of Kerala was brutally beaten up by his paternal uncle. The accused man, Imdad ul Haq was later taken into custody by the local Police on Saturday.
In the assault, the child suffered serious head injuries. Following imaging diagnoses held at the hospital, it was revealed that the child's skull was fractured and suffered internal bleeding.
The incident happened on Friday at around 5 p.m. According to first-hand accounts of the incident, the accused reached the child's house by evening and called him out of the house. However, when the child refused to go out, the accused entered the house and hit the child's head on the floor.
After the child developed physical discomfort and vomiting later in the night, he was taken to a private hospital in Thodupuzha.
