A grab of the video shows the man stepping on the arm of the baby boy who lying on the ground of a bathroom.
(Ecns) -- Police in Huai'an City, east China's Jiangsu Province, has detained a man who is suspected of abusing his own baby boy to win back his girlfriend, the boy's mother.
Police received reports after a video clip of the abuse was widely circulated online, in which a naked baby boy lies on the ground of a bathroom, crying loudly and struggling to escape the control of a man who kept on showering the boy in the face.
Police later summoned the 31-year-old man surnamed Shi, who admitted to multiple abuses including covering the baby's head with plastic bags and showering him with cold water.
Shi said that his purpose was to attract his runaway girlfriend's attention, and force her to come back home.
Shi is now under police custody and the boy in the care of his mother.
Further investigation is underway.
