A five-year-old boy was beaten to deathallegedly by his father in south Delhi's Neb Sarai area after hefound him playing game on phone and not studying, police said on Friday.The father has been arrested, they said.
On Thursday, Neb Sarai Police Station received information fromMax Hospital Saket that Gyan Pandey alias Utkarsh, a resident ofNarayana Apartment, was brought to hospital for treatment where hewas declared brought dead, police said.When it reached the hospital and obtained the medico-legal report,police found that the child was brought by his mother in emergencyaround 10 pm in an unconscious state, they said.
The boy's body bore scratch marks on the right side of his neck,bruises on both hands, legs, and other parts of the body, police said.When questioned about the injury marks, the boy's parents did notgive any information, doctors said, according to police.On Friday, a child helpline caller told them that father of Utkarshhad beaten him up and that he died on his way to the hospital, asenior police officer said.Police inquired with the neighbours of the deceased who also saidthat the father of the child used to beat him up.
Later, when he was interrogated, the accused, identified as AdityaPandey (27), confessed to his crime, Deputy Commissioner of Police(south) Bentia Mary Jaiker said. The boy's body has been preserved in AIIMS mortuary for the post mortem.After an inspection by crime team of the spot, a case under section302 (murder) was registered against the accused and he was arrested,police said.
During interrogation, Pandey, who supplies milk for a living, saidthat when he returned home after work on Thursday around 6 pm, hesaw his son playing game on phone instead of studying and he wasnot listening to him, police said.He got angry and started beating the child with a wooden stick,