India, Feb. 8 -- A 30-year-old woman and also her mother were arrested on Friday for allegedly torturing the woman's four-year-old stepson, making him sit on a hot pan, officers said Friday, adding that a first information report (FIR) has been registered following a complaint filed by the boy's father.

The incident came to light when the boy's father, Rajesh Kumar, a resident of DLF Colony, approached the police on Thursday, sharing the alleged torture of his son by his second wife, Kajal.

His first wife had divorced him about two years ago, and their son stayed with the man who remarried, officers said.

In his complaint, Kumar said that Kajal and her mother, Rekha Devi, 55, would harass his son daily when he stepped out of the house ...