Three Child Welfare staffers arrested for abusing toddler in Thiruvananthapuram

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Caretakers at the State Child Welfare Council physically abused a two-and-a-half-year-old girl child for bed-wetting. They allegedly inflicted injuries on the child’s genital area and other parts of her body.

The three caretakers – Ajitha from Karimadom, Sindhu from Kallambalam and Maheshwari from Sreekaryam – were later arrested based on a complaint filed by the council authorities and charged with relevant sections of the POCSO Act and the Juvenile Justice Act. They were produced before the court and remanded in judicial custody. The Child Rights Commission has intervened and sought a report on the incident from the Child Welfare Council.

Ajitha is accused of inflicting injuries on the child’s genital area, while Sindhu and Maheshwari reportedly caused wounds on other parts of the body. Medical examination revealed that the injuries were inflicted using fingernails.