Rahim Yar Khan:Police have arrested a bus hostess accused of brutally assaulting her four-year-old son and allegedly attempting to kill him with a sharp-edged weapon.

The suspect, identified as Neelam Riaz, was arrested during a raid in Lahore's Hajveri area following a tip-off, police said.

According to the report, the accused had allegedly subjected her son, Muhammad Subhan, to severe violence and recorded a video of the incident, which she sent to her mother.

The child's maternal grandmother subsequently reached the scene and took the four-year-old into her custody.

A case was registered against the suspect on the complaint of the child's grandmother. The accused allegedly fled after the incident and went into hiding in Lahore.

Police said the suspect was arrested during a subsequent operation. Further legal proceedings are underway.