THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — The 20-year-old father of a missing 2-year-old Bronx boy is being held at Rikers Island after allegedly telling the child’s mother he threw him in the Bronx River, according to law enforcement sources.

NYPD dive teams were searching for the boy in the river near the Bruckner Expressway Monday night, but didn’t find him. The search in the river continued on Tuesday.

The boy was last seen by his mom at 827 Hunts Point in the Bronx at around 10 p.m. on May 10, police said. The boy was wearing a white shirt and a diaper.

The dad took the child, Montrell Williams, to see his paternal grandmother for Mother’s Day in Hunts Point. The father then stormed out of the home with Montrell following an argument, sources said.

He never returned the boy to his 17-year-old mother. They share custody of the child.

The teen told police she gave Montrell to his dad on May 10, but she has not seen the boy since, sources said. He was supposed to bring him back on May 30.

When she saw him without the boy, the dad allegedly told her he threw him in the river, sources said. The father did not tell police that.

Police are searching the river based on what the mom told them.

After refusing to speak with detectives, the father was taken to family court Monday in the Bronx for custodial interference. A judge remanded him to Rikers Island.