Father, stepmother held for alleged bodily abuse of nine-year-old lady

The Nooranad police have arrested the daddy and stepmother of a nine-year-old lady on fees of bodily assaulting her. While the stepmother was nabbed from Chakkuvally in Kollam, the daddy was taken into custody from Adoor in Pathanamthitta on Friday night time.

The alleged incident occurred on August 5. It got here to mild when the lady described the abuse she suffered by the hands of her stepmother and father in a word. After faculty authorities reported indicators of bodily abuse, the Nooranad police registered a case in opposition to the couple.

“I don’t have a mom. I’ve a stepmother. My father and stepmother are merciless to me. I’m not nicely. My father says he’ll poison me and kill me.” These are the phrases written by the lady from Charumoodu in Alappuzha.

Abuse at dwelling

The little one misplaced her mom seven days after start, after which her paternal grandparents raised her. Five years in the past, her father remarried. He and his second spouse have a four-year-old son. On August 6, when the kid arrived in school, a trainer observed swelling on her cheeks. Upon inquiry, the lady revealed that she was being subjected to abuse at dwelling.

She instructed her lecturers and the police that on Tuesday night time, whereas she was asleep, her stepmother pulled her by the hair and dragged her out of the room. The little one alleged that her stepmother unfold lies about her to her father and that each of them repeatedly slapped her on the cheeks and hit her on the knees, inflicting bruises.

The lady additionally stated she confronted a number of restrictions at dwelling — she was not allowed to take a seat on the couch, use the toilet, or open the fridge — and requested to be allowed to reside along with her paternal grandmother as a substitute.

Following a medical examination, the paternal grandmother took the kid to a relative’s home.