A doctor has been arrested for assaulting a six-year-old.

Maldives Police Service said that an assault on a six-year-old boy by his speech therapy doctor was reported last night around 10:56 p.m.

Police said that the 34-year-old Indian national provides the therapy as a private practice, at the patient’s homes and they have received a video of the doctor assaulting the boy.

The assault in question took place on Wednesday night and under a court order, the doctor was arrested with last night around 2:45 a.m. for physical abuse of a child.

The case is being investigated further by the police.