JAIPUR: A one-and-a-half-year-old boy, flung out by his father from the second floor of his house, died at a hospital in Rajasthan's Jodhpur on Friday after over 24 hour struggle for life.

Police have arrested the accused, Hafiz , and sent him in two-day police remand.

"Hafiz and his wife Shakila , were experiencing trouble in their marriage recently and would regularly quarrel," said the police, adding their fights would often turn violent.

Police added the couple was married for 11 years and the boy, Hanif, was their fourth child. They had three daughters as well.

"The couple was fighting on Thursday and Hafiz, in a fight of rage, picked up the boy and threw him from the balcony of their house situated in Jodhpur's Nai Sadak area," said the officer.

Neighbours informed the police and rushed the injured boy to the hospital.

"The boy had sustained injuries on his head and other body parts. He was admitted in the Intensive Care Unit ," said the officer, adding that Hafiz was arrested on charges of attempt to murder.

"After Hanif died, we booked him under Section 302 (murder) of IPC," said the officer.

