KOCHI: The mother of the 54-day-old infant assaulted by her father in Angamaly said that he severely tortured the baby. She said that he always used to beat her cruelly. She said that he was suspicious over the parentage of the baby and used to torture the baby in the name of that. He slapped the baby and threw her on the cot on the day the incident happened.

The baby’s mother is a native of Nepal. She said that she doesn’t want him anymore and wants to go back to Nepal. Her husband Shaiju Thomas has been remanded. Meantime, the baby who underwent a complex surgery at a hospital in Kolenchery yesterday is showing signs of improvement. The blood clotted has been removed though a surgery. The doctor said the baby was breast fed today. The baby for the first time breast fed herself after being injured.