Five daycare staff booked for allegedly abusing toddlers at Bengaluru IT campus

Five women daycare staff at an IT company campus in Bengaluru face an FIR for allegedly abusing toddlers

BENGALURU: Shocking videos allegedly showing toddlers being physically abused at a daycare centre inside an IT company Capegemini's HAL campus in Bengaluru have led to the registration of an FIR against five women caregivers, with police launching an investigation into the alleged mistreatment of children as young as two years old. The complaint was made based on the videos recorded inside the centre. According to the complainant, the footage allegedly shows children crying while being subjected to physical abuse and intimidation by the caregivers. Cops said the videos purportedly show the nannies threatening toddlers aged between two and three years whenever they cried or created a disturbance. According to the complaint, the caregivers allegedly placed children inside a front-loading washing machine, made them sit on a western-style toilet, sprayed water into their mouths using a toilet jet spray, locked them inside bathrooms and threatened them into remaining silent. Police said they still have to summon the suspect nannies for interrogation. The alleged incidents took place at a childcare facility, where employees of the IT company leave their young children while they are at work, police said. The matter surfaced on Monday after videos purportedly showing the abuse were circulated on WhatsApp and reported to the Child Helpline, prompting police action. Based on the complaint, police registered a case against the five women under relevant provisions of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act.