India, April 1 -- An autorickshaw driver has been arrested for assaulting a four-year-old boy in Vasai, slamming him to the ground and dragging him up a flight of stairs, to take revenge on the child's father over an old dispute.

The child is battling for his life in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a Mira Road hospital after being denied treatment in four Vasai hospitals.

Vasai police said the child, Vignesh, is the son of Atul Kondhare, 32, and the family lives in Anupam Ghar Sankul building near the Vasai court. Vignesh was playing with other children within the society's premises at 8:00pm on Monday, when he wandered into a rickshaw parked in the compound and sat inside it. Upon seeing this, the rickshaw driver, Sandeep Pawar, 27, g...