Worried father who installed CCTV in home captures his wife beating their 21-month-old son

By JOE BARNES

A WOMAN was caught on CCTV, installed by a suspicious father, beating her infant child The husband caught his wife violently striking their 21-month-old son and trying to strangle him after setting up the security feed.

The sickening footage captured in Bareilly, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, shows the woman lifting the toddler above her head by his neck before tossing him across the bed.

She the proceeds to strike him several times, with her child laying on his front she begins to shake him violently.

In a strange turn of events, she then begins to clap her knees as if she was singing a song to him .

Talking to local media, the child’s father said he put the camera up as he had concerns his wife was physically assaulting their child.

He said: "I often noticed swelling and bruises on my child’s body.

"I suspected that my wife beats our son, hence I got a CCTV camera installed in the house. I am very worried and have approached the court.

"She has hit the child’s head into the wall and another time he threw him on the floor.

"This woman has tortured the baby many times.

“I will go to the High Court in order to get the custody of the child and I am prepared to fight the case of his custody."

According to the Hindustan Times, the man has contacted the authorities about the footage.