Munnar: A disputed sixer led to the hospitalisation of an engineering student who was umpiring a cricket game in Munnar. Anooj Mathew (18) was admitted to a hospital in Aluva with a fractured skull and internal bleeding after a player hit him on the head with a cricket stump.

Dharmaseelan alias Karthi (19) was arrested and charged with attempt to murder. The youngsters were playing on the grounds of the Munnar Engineering College. A shot by Karthi was declared a four by Anooj. Karthi insisted it was a sixer and got into an altercation with the umpire.

Later, as Anooj was returning home, Karthi hit him with a stump. He beat him on the head and back.

The police arrested Karthi and took Anooj to the hospital. He is out of danger, the doctors said.

Karthi, the son of Muneeswaran from the MG Colony in Munnar, has been remanded by the Devikulam magistrate’s court.

Anooj is the son of Saju Joseph from New Colony. He is a first-year student.