KOCHI: The three-year-old boy who was admitted to a private hospital near Aluva with serious head injuries, succumbed to it on Friday. The condition of the toddler was very critical even after a surgery conducted. The boy had bleeding in the brain and even after removing the clots through surgery, his life could not be saved.

The boy was brutally tortured by his mother Hena from Jharkhand. The mother admitted on beating the child though she had earlier stated that he got injured while playing. His father, a native of West Bengal told doctors that the boy fell from a height of eight feet while playing.

Physical examination showed that the boy had sustained multiple bruises and burns all over his body. The woman had confessed that she had tortured him by inflicting burn injuries on him when he disobeyed her.

Police have slapped charges including attempt to murder under 307 IPC and cruelty to child under Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act.