Children’s Authority rescues 3 children, abusive father arrested

A Moruga man who was seen in a February 10 video abusing one of his sons and threatening him with a knife has been arrested.

The 43-year-old suspect of Marac Village was taken into custody by the Special Victim Department (SVD) around 9 pm on February 11.

The nine-year-old child who was seen being physically and verbally abused on the video, along with two of his brothers, ages seven and five, were also rescued by the Children’s Authority.

Police were alerted to the incident around 3.45 pm on February 11, when they received a report from a Moruga woman of about a disturbing call she received from her daughter earlier that day.

The woman told police her daughter, who lives near the suspect, said around 8.45 pm on February 10, she heard a child screaming outside her home.

Upon checking, she saw a man, whom she knows, holding a knife in his hand whilst physically abusing one of his sons on the roadway.

She recorded the three minute and 20-second incident on her phone.

Police contacted the Children’s Authority and SVU and around 9 pm on February 11, a party of officers from the Moruga Police Station under the supervision of Asp Bandhan and including Sgt Charles, acting Sgt Mungroo, Southern Division Task Force, Cpl Ramdass, WPC Valentine of the SVD and a representative of the authority, went to the Marac Village, Moruga, home of the suspect.

The man was arrested and the children rescued.

Police said arrangements will be made to record statements and retrieve the footage in their continuing enquiries.

This is a developing story and it will be updated when more information becomes available.

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