Father burns son for scoring low marks

5 October 2013 08:54 am Views - 5910

A 38 year-old man was arrested for allegedly burning his 10 year-old son with a heated iron rod for scoring low marks at the recent grade five scholarship examination, police said.

The enraged father is said to have burnt the child's cheeks and groin area. The child was admitted to the Bangalawatta Hospital with burn injuries.

The suspect is to be produced before the Hatton magistrate today.