Delhi: Minor thrashed by step father for studies, dies

Delhi | Thursday | 17th January, 2019

Summary:

Following this, a complaint was registered by the father of the boy at Kapashera police station. However, according to the medical records, the child had multiple injuries and the cause of his death was head injury. A five-year-old boy succumbed to his injuries on Saturday, after allegedly being thrashed by his stepfather for not being able to complete his home work in South-west Delhi’s Kapashera area. To protect the accused, the mother Rani Devi reportedly said that the child fell down in the bathroom after eating contaminated food. According to police, on January 10, the boy was admitted into a hospital with severe injuries in his head and other parts of the body..