Chennai, Aug 9 (BPNS)

The Vriddachalam  police in Tamil Nadu arrested the father of a minor boy on charges of abetment in an accident that led to the death of a two and half-year-old girl at Vijayamananagaram, Vriddachalam on Monday.

The child was killed by a speeding two-wheeler while she was playing in front of her house and it was driven by the 13-year-old minor son of the arrested person. Local people took the girl immediately to the Vriddachalam general hospital, where she was declared brought dead.

Police booked a case against the minor boy and his father under Section 304 Part II (Culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Indian Penal Code.

The local police said that the father of the 13-year-old boy was negligent to give the two-wheeler to the minor boy to drive and the father is being questioned.