Kochi, April 19 -- A three-year-old boy who suffered severe head injury after being allegedly subjected to torture by his mother died at a private hospital near here Friday morning, doctors said.

Doctors at the hospital in Aluva where the boy was being treated said the brain injury allegedly caused after being hit with a wooden object could be the reason for the child's death.

The real cause of death could be ascertained only after the post mortem, they said.

The boy had slipped into coma after being allegedly subjected to torture by his mother for being 'disobedient', police had said Thursday.

The toddler, who suffered severe brain injury, had undergone a surgery at the private hospital.

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