Kochi: Seven-year-old boy who was beaten up and assaulted by his mother’s partner last week in Kerala is critical said the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan yesterday.
The CM met the boy at a private medical college hospital in Kolenchery and said he was very critical and was fully on ventilator support. He held discussions with the medical team at the hospital on the boy’s health and the treatment given to him.
The hospital authorities were directed to ensure all possible expert treatment to the boy. The government has also constituted a medical board to monitor the boy’s health and is bearing the expenses of the child’s treatment.
According to media reports, the boy’s four-year-old brother had wet his bed and angered by this the man had beat up the elder one. The accused allegedly hurled the child on the ground smashing his head on an almirah and used a walking stick to beat him up.
He further issued a statement saying that strict action will be taken against those engaged in cruelty to children and covering up of assaults against children is also a grave crime.