Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 20 -- A two-year-old boy died in a suspected case of malnutrition in the Alappuzha district of Keralam, officials said on Monday, with the Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights registering a case. The Child Welfare Committee has meanwhile taken the couple's four children under its care amid allegations of parental neglect.

The deceased, Rahul, was the sixth child of Rajesh, an autorickshaw driver, and Thara, a homemaker who resided in a crumbling rental house in Karthikappally.

The two-year-old, found unresponsive by his father early Sunday at their home, was declared dead at a government hospital in Haripad. Another child of the couple had also died a few years ago, officials said, though no cl...