Chinese police officers have now arrested their colleague after he was accused of fracturing the skull of a baby girl – file photo (Picture: AP/File)

A policeman has provoked outrage after allegedly seizing a seven-month-old baby from her father and throwing her on the ground to see if she was a doll.

Guo Zengxi had been drinking on a night off last month, and on the way to a karaoke bar saw a baby girl in the arms of her father, with the mother next to them.

He made a bet with his friends that the child was simply a doll, before touching her face, grabbing her from her father’s hold, lifting her up and crashing her to the ground, fracturing her skull.

The episode happened in the Chinese city of Linzhou in Henan province, state media outlet Legal Evening News reported.




The child, named Yueyue, was immediately taken to hospital.

Astonishingly Guo was initially given just 15 days of disciplinary confinement, with no extra punishment.

He has since, however, been arrested following a probe into the incident.

Chinese news agency Xinhua quoted the head of public security bureau, Guo Faji, as saying: ‘The policeman involved in the baby attack was put under criminal detention on Saturday night and was transferred to a detention centre in Anyang City this morning.’