KATTAPANA: A 34-year-old-youth was arrested for assaulting his partner’s daughter, an eight-year-old-girl. The youth has been identified as Aneesh of Upputhura. He was remanded and sent to Peerumedu sub jail. Anish was staying with the woman along with her three daughters. He beat her, eldest of the three, brutally with a cane. She was assaulted unkindly when she told him that she would inform her father of his visit.

The woman along with her three daughters are staying separately after her husband was paralysed. Aneesh estranged from his wife has been staying with this woman for the past one year. She neither stopped him nor informed the authorities on the assault. Her husband’s relatives were against Aneesh visiting the house.

The girl did not like him coming to the house. When she opposed his visit, he beat her cruelly with a cane. When she could not tolerate his torture, she informed her father’s sisters. A case was registered by Upputhura police following the complaint of her grandma. The assault was confirmed on medical examination. Police said a case would be registered against the woman also.