Thane Horror: Private Shelter Director Inflicts Burns on Toddler's Body, Booked

Thane: The director of a private shelter in Thane, Maharashtra has been booked for allegedly inflicting burns on the body of a toddler.

The victim, a two-and-a-half-year-old girl was found with burn-like wounds on various parts of her body.

Private Shelter Director Inflicted Burns on Toddler

 Police in Maharashtra’s Thane district have registered a case against the director of a private ‘ashram’ (shelter) for allegedly inflicting burns on the body of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl, an official said on Friday.

The alleged crime, committed between May and July, came to light after the toddler’s grandmother recently met her at the shelter for children, managed by accused Datta Gaisamudhre.

The grandmother noticed burn-like wounds on her abdomen, back, behind the ears and near the eyes. The child’s parents are beggars, the official said.

On the grandmother’s complaint, police sent the child to a government hospital where experts confirmed that she had been branded with a hot object.

Case Registered, Director Booked

The Bhoiwada police on Thursday booked Gaisamudhre under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) section 118(1) for voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means and under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, said senior inspector Ajay Afle. 

Thane Sexual Assault Case

This case has been reported days after the Thane Sexual Assault of two minors.

Two nursery school students, aged just three, were sexually assaulted in Maharashtra's Badlapur by their school sweeper. According to the information, both the girls were sexually harassed by a 23-year-old male sweeper in the girls' washroom in the school.

The assault triggered massive protests in Badlapur, Thane and also in the entire state; the accused has been arrested and the principal and two staffers of the school have been suspended by the school authorities.

(Inputs from PTI)