The police is on the lookout for a middle-aged woman home tutor who is accused of brutally beating a three-year-old boy in Kolkata, the police said.

The incident came to light on Wednesday morning after a CCTV footage showed the tutor mercilessly beating the kid in their Lake Town home in Kolkata, reports the Indian Express.

"We have received a complaint and are on a lookout for her," Officer in Charge of Lake Town Police station Ashok Sen said.

According to the complaint lodged by the kid's family, the tutor was given appointment just a few days back.

The tutor later apologised and requested the kid's family not to inform the police. But later on, her husband came and threatened them not to lodge a complaint, forcing the family to file a police complaint later.