A 4-year-old boy suffered horrifying burns in an explosion his father allegedly deliberately caused to punish his wife for leaving him.



Little Emin Devletov was caught in the middle of a bitter divorce battle after his mother, 26-year-old Edie Devletova, split from her husband Edem Devletov, 43.



Upon separating from Edem, Edie told police he had made threats to kill or hurt their son and claimed she also suffered repeated abuse.



According to local reports, Edem then abducted the boy and took him to a remote woodland area in Crimea, Russia, where the gas cylinder explosion occurred.







This prompted Edie to go public over the case, claiming police had failed to take threats made by her ex to her and the children seriously.



She said: "My ex-husband forcibly took my child away from me, and then blackmailed, and intimidated me with violence.







"He did everything as he said - he blew up a gas cylinder after taking the child into the forest."



The father has also been accused of waiting two days to drop the child with his relatives so he could receive hospital treatment.



Enim is now receiving treatment in Simferopol hospital where the father - under armed police guard - is also being treated for burns.







The little boy’s mother has now taken to social media to demand "justice".



"This person with whom I lived for five years takes revenge on me because of the divorce and poses a huge threat to my children," she wrote in a post online.



"Previously, in fear I endured violence for five years.



"Now this man does not leave me alone."







Edie went on to state that she had made many statements to police about threats, blackmail, unsolicited intimate photos, beating and humiliation.Latest Post