Two children tortured by mother and father rescued in Malappuram

By Express News Service
MALAPPURAM: Residents of Mampad on Wednesday rescued a six-year-old lady and a three-year-old boy who have been being starved and tortured by their mother and father from a room in a constructing rented out to migrant labourers.

The Nilambur police arrested their father, Thankaraj, 35, and stepmother Mariyamma, 28, natives of Virudhachalam in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu. When the native residents broke into the room, the youngsters have been in a really weak situation. They have been unable to stroll correctly and have been drained due to the brutal assaults from the mother and father. 

“The areas around the eyes of the girl were swollen. We also saw several injury and burn marks on the children,” stated Shehban Mampad, a resident. The lady baby instructed the residents that her stepmother had rained blows on her eyes three days in the past.Both youngsters have been unable to stroll correctly as they’d been disadvantaged of nutritious meals for a number of months, stated an officer on the Nilambur police station. 

The youngsters have been later admitted to District Hospital in Nilambur. The hospital authorities stated the youngsters want not less than 5 days of care to regain well being. Local residents and Mampad panchayat authorities got here to know in regards to the youngsters’s state of affairs  when migrant labourers from West Bengal dwelling within the subsequent room shared footage of the malnourished youngsters on social media.  

“The parents would not give sufficient food to the children or allow those living in the adjacent room to feed them.This situation prompted the labourers to share the pictures of the children on social media,” stated a resident.