KOCHI: A complaint has been filed against a man for beating a boy when he went to get his ball back that fell into his house while playing. The incident happened at Tripunithura in Kochi.

10-year-old Naveen, son of Anil Kumar of Walathikkadavu Colony near Tripunithura Gandhi Square, was beaten up by his neighbor. The incident happened last evening at 6 pm.

The children were playing ball near the house. In the meantime, the ball fell into Balan’s house. The boy jumped the wall and took the ball. Meanwhile, CCTV visuals showing Balan coming with a stick and beating him and the boy jumping back the wall, had surfaced. The footage shows the boy who jumped the wall is unable to get up.

The hospital authorities informed that the child sustained a fracture on his leg. The child is currently undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Tripunithura. The police have not registered a case in the incident. The Maradu police informed that further action will be taken only after taking the child's statement. The man who beat the boy has been summoned to the station.