ALAPPUZHA: Police have arrested the mother and her boyfriend who brutally beat a one-and-a-half-year-old boy in Alappuzha. Krishnajith, the son of Alappuzha Kuthiyathode native Biju, was beaten by his mother Deepa's boyfriend Krishnakumar. Both Deepa and Krishnakumar had gone into hiding after the police registered a case against them for brutally beating the child.

Krishnakumar and Deepa were nabbed from the Arthunkal private bus stand at around 11.30 am today. The Arthunkal police, which took the accused into custody, later handed over the two to the Kuthiyathode police.

The accused have been booked under non-bailable charges, including assaulting dangerously using a weapon and causing grievous bodily harm. The police said that the accused, who were close to each other, constantly tortured the child to get rid of him.