Kochi : Perumbavoor police have arrested a 27-year-old man in connection with the murder of his three-year-old stepson.
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The accused, identified as Moheswar Chutia, a native of Borbili in Assam , lived with his family in the Chelamattom-Vallam area. As per the FIR, Moheswar used to beat the child claiming that he did not obey him. He allegedly slapped the child on Wednesday night around 9pm and slammed his head against the wall.
The child’s stepfather initially told hospital authorities that the boy had fallen from the first floor. A subsequent investigation established that the death was a murder, police said. However, doctors found marks of assault on the child’s body.