Overview

• Kanakakunnu police detained the woman in Alappuzha after an FIR over a September 22 incident at Kandalloor near Kayamkulam.
• She was booked the same day under the Juvenile Justice Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, according to police.
• Officers say the boy suffered burns to his buttocks, legs and back from a heated ladle.
• The FIR is based on the grandmother’s complaint, and the child also gave a statement against his mother.
• Doctors who examined the injuries notified police and the Child Welfare Committee after the mother claimed the child was burned by sitting on a hot stove or chapati stone.