India, July 22 -- A seven-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was allegedly assaulted by his mother's live-in partner at their rented home in Ambernath on Friday. The accused, arrested by the Ambernath police, has been booked for attempt to murder.

According to the police, the boy's mother recently separated from her husband and moved from Govandi to Ambernath with her youngest son, while her two elder children stayed with their father. She began working at an electronics shop and later entered into a relationship with Vikas Singh, an acquaintance of her brother-in-law. The couple started living together in a rented house on June 26.

Police said Singh allegedly resented the child, whom he viewed as a hurdle in their intimacy....