Palghar: Parents of a male student from Nallasopara in Vasai division in the district was booked by the district rural police for allegedly torturing their son for not studying, the police said.

On June 16, they heated a knife on a gas stove and allegedly branded their son with the hot knife all over his body, as well as hit him on his face and head, according to a complaint lodged by a neighbour of the victim, the police stated.