KOLLAM: A boiling fish curry fell on a three-year-old child’s body in between a fight. The child who sustained 35% burns has been admitted at a private hospital in the district. The police arrested the child’s grandfather and paternal aunt. The incident happened Friday afternoon at Nedumpana in Kannanalloor. The Kannanalloor police arrested Sivankutty (67) of Nedumpana and his daughter Sithara (32).
The girl who sustained burns is daughter of Sivankutty’s son Sharath Lal and Shabana, a native of Maharashtra. A fight broke out between Shabana and Sithara yesterday afternoon. Sivankutty intervened in the fight and when he pushed Shabana, the fish curry which was in the stove fell on to the child’s body. The curry fell on her face and chest.