Mulanje Police Officer-in-Charge Owen Maganga has said that the grandmother, Modester Biziweck, aged 76, was angry at the boy, an orphan, whom she was staying with, and burned his hands.
Meanwhile, the OC says the grandmother is in the hands of the police and will be taken to court soon.
The Assistant Social Welfare Officer at the District Social Welfare Office in Mulanje has described the incident as worrying, saying such abuses are happening despite several awareness campaigns on positive parenting and child protection.