THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A man on Tuesday beat up his son using a spade after the latter could get A+ for only six subjects. It was Kilimanoor native Babu who beat his own child. The incident happened after the SSLC exam results were out the other day.
The child had secured a good result by getting A+ for six subjects but what provoked Babu was his failure to get A+ for the rest four subjects. After this, Babu took out a spade and attacked him.
Hearing the cries of the child, the locals rushed to Babu’s house and rescued him.

Following the incident, the locals informed the police. The child’s mother had also given a complaint to the police against the father for cruelly beating her son.

On the basis of the complaint, the police took Babu into custody.
The child who sustained injury in the beating has been admitted to hospital.