THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In the incident in which a mother handed over four of her six starving children to Child Welfare board, the police on Thursday arrested their father Kunjumon.

He has been accused of beating up the mother and children. It was Vanchiyoor police who have arrested Kunjumon.

The woman living at a Railway Puramboke land at Kaithamukku had handed over her children to the Child Welfare board, citing that she didn’t have money to take care of the children.

In the application to the Board, the mother had stated that her husband was in the habit of coming home drunk and beating her and her children. He didn’t give money for day-to-day expenses and hence her decision to hand over her children to Child Welfare board.

The mother and her two children are now in Mahila mandiram. The police initiated procedures for the arrest after visiting here and recording the mother’s statement.