A man has been arrested in Mumbai for allegedly slapping his 4-year-old son repeatedly, the police said on Monday.
Azruddin Qutybuddin Shaikh, 30, was arrested after a video of him slapping his son went viral, Senior Inspector Deepak Pagare said.
"The man said he hit the child as he was constantly crying. The video was shot by his wife," he added.
Police said that the man has been charged under the Juvenile Justice Act but was released on bail.
Close on the heels of a mob frenzy over bovine love that saw many a lives lost due to lynching by cow vigilantes, a new trend has emerged across states over the last few months, where mass hysteria is created over rumours of child abduction.
Trouble seems to follow Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan everywhere he goes, after his anticipatory bail plea was rejected Khan on Thursday was booked in a case of dacoity by the Uttar Pradesh Police for usurping a piece of land for a school he built.
Paralympic silver-medallist Deepa Malik on Thursday became the first Indian woman para-athlete to be conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award
The 26-year-old man, who arrived at Terminal-3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, was intercepted by Customs officials after he had crossed the Green Channel.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that Pakistan should focus on human rights violation meted out to the citizens of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK).
Women in Maoist-affected Lohardaga district of Jharkhand are stitching their way out of poverty with jute yarn. They make and sell decorative items made using jute threads.