Kelantan CID chief Wan Khairuddin Wan Idris said the man, aged 26, and his 31-year-old wife, who works in a childcare centre, were picked up by a police team at their house in Kok Lanas at 1am today.

He said the 15-month-old baby had been left in the care of the couple in August last year. When the mother took her daughter back in November, she found bruises on the baby’s body.

The single mother then took her child to the Besut health clinic in Terengganu before the case was referred to the Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital in Kuala Terengganu.

Doctors there discovered old injuries, including broken bones, and subsequently lodged a police report.

Wan Khairuddin said the male suspect tested positive for methamphetamine. The suspects have been remanded for a week from today, he added.