Shocking photo shows nine-month-old baby smoking a cigarette as father is arrested

The 36-year-old father could face up to six months in prison after he posted the shocking image on social media

The shocking picture shows a nine-month-old baby with a cigarette in his mouth 

A dad who took a picture of his baby son with a cigarette in his mouth faces jail after he posted the shocking image on social media.

The father allegedly asked the nine-month-old's mum to take a picture after putting the cigarette in the boy's mouth.

Finding it hilarious, the man, identified in Indonesia as Muzammil, 36, then shared the image online.

He has been arrested, but no action has been taken against the child's 18-year-old mother, named Ummu Salamah, in Bangkalan Regency, on the west of Indonesia's Madura Island.

Bangkalan Police spokesman Bidarudin said: "We have secured the father for putting the cigarette in the infant's mouth, even if the baby is his own child.