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Maha woman assaults son to force former husband to raise

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Press Trust of India Thane

A woman was Tuesday arrested for allegedly beating up her three-year-old son and sending video clips of it to her former husband in order to increase maintenance money, police said.

The woman, a resident of Mumbra in Maharashtra's Thane district, was arrested under section 75 (cruelty to child) of The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, after her former husband, Faizam Shabbir Khan, filed a complaint, Senior Inspector M S Kad of Mumbra police station said.

"The couple were married for four years. Khan divorced the accused some months ago and was sending her Rs 6,000 as maintenance. She wanted this amount increased so used to harass Khan by sending him video clips of the child being beaten up, including one on February 28," he said.

 

After the February 28 video went viral on social media, Khan filed a complaint, the official added.

He said the child was medically examined and will be produced before juvenile court tomorrow.

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First Published: Mar 05 2019 | 7:15 PM IST

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