THODUPUZHA: The child who critically injured in a violent attack at home by his mother's partner, succumbed to injuries at the hospital. The death was confirmed by the medical team at 11.35 a.m. The seven-year-old was surviving under the ventilator support.

The child was entered into the hospital on March 28 after his mother’s partner, Arun Anand, inflicted serious injuries to his skull. The mother and her partner had claimed that he fell down while playing. However, the doctors realised that the boy’s injury was the result of an assault and they alerted the police. The child was maintaining his life through life support systems and couldn’t breathe by himself. The brain had completely gone numb. However, the child’s internal organs were functional. So, he was given food in liquid form till yesterday.

But, organs stopped functioning by Saturday morning. The child’s body had also stopped responding to medications. Later, his death was confirmed.