Overview
- The assault took place in the early hours of Friday after the four-year-old, Yash, repeatedly cried for milk and he was taken to Rajawadi Hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
- Powai police arrested 26-27-year-old Rajesh Prakash Singh after he initially gave evasive answers and then allegedly confessed to the killing during sustained interrogation.
- A postmortem examination found a skull fracture as the cause of death, and police say the injuries match accounts that the child was slammed against a door and the floor.
- Police investigators say Singh was unemployed, reportedly struggled with drug or alcohol addiction, and had been caring for the child alone after his wife left about 14–15 days earlier.
- The case has been registered as murder and legal and forensic work is continuing, with attention on the vulnerability of special-needs children who depend on single caregivers and what further charges or court action may follow.