MALAPPURAM: The police have arrested the father in connection with the unnatural death of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl in Udarampoyil. Fathima Nasrin, the daughter of Muhammad Fayiz and Shahbath, a native of Kalikkav died last evening. The police arrested Fayiz as a precautionary measure as the mother and relatives are raising allegations that the child's death was unnatural. The police have informed that the real cause of Nasr's death will be clear only after receiving the post-mortem report.

Shahbath and his relatives allege that Fayiz beat the baby to death. He took the unconscious child to a private hospital in Vandoor on the pretext that she had food stuck in her throat. But the authorities informed that Nasreen had died before reaching the hospital and then informed the police. Then the body of the baby was shifted to Mancheri Medical College Hospital.