Kochi: After 12 days, the Thrikkakara police have arrested the chief medical officer of Ernakulam General Hospital and his friend for allegedly torturing the latter’s 10-year-old son.
Dr Adarsh Radhakrish-nan, 33, and the woman aged 30 were arrested from a hideout in Mysore. As per the statement given by the child, he has been tortured physically and mentally since Sept-ember. On October 22, he was physically assaulted by the doctor, forcing him to leave the home and take shelter in a neighbour’s house. The neighbour informed the Child Line the next day morning and they immediately alerted the police. The woman and her son had been staying with the doctor at his house at Surya Nagar, Palachuvadu, in the city for the past two years.
A case was registered under section 323, 324 of IPC, and relevant sections of POCSO Act and JJ Act. Police said the duo will be brought to Kochi and would be produced before the court soon.
According to the Thrikkakara police, the boy is from her first marriage, and she was living with the accused after two failed marriages.
According to the child’s statements, the doctor had earlier hurt his private parts after removing his dress at the swimming pool of IMA House, Kochi. The mother also used to assault him on many occasions, the police said.
A day after the incident, the boy’s biological father had approached the authorities, expressing his willingness to take over the child.
