RAJKOT: An eleven-month-old boy suffering from fever and hydrocele was branded with hot iron by a 'tantrik', police said.Vishal, son of Vastabhai Devipujak, was admitted to a children's ward of civil hospital in a critical condition after the 'tantrik' branded him with hot iron bar to cure him, they said.
The incident came to light when a doctor attending the boy saw the iron mark on his body and called the police.
The child's condition was stated to be normal after medical treatment, they said.
Devipujak who took his son to the 'tantrik' for treatment refused to lodge complaint against him.
