Navi Mumbai: In a shocking incident, a woman employee was seen repeatedly slapping a 16-month-old child in a daycare in Navi Mumbai’s Vashi. While the incident took place on February 8, the police registered an NCR after the toddler’s father saw the CCTV footage and reported the matter to the police.
The incident took place at Smart Tots in Vashi.
In the CCTV footage, a woman who worked at the daycare centre as a nanny was seen hitting the baby. The woman was identified as Neelam Heeralal Singh.
In the tweet Benny had said that, “This is what happened with my 16-months-old baby in a day care (Smart Tots, Sec-28, Vashi). NCR has been filed against this lady and the owner. Nobody has a right to beat a child."
Nov 2022 case
Following the incident, the parents filed an NCR and would be filing a private case against the daycare owner and the nanny.
The parents of the child had taken daycare services at Smart Tots for their 16-month-old son in November 2022. They enrolled the childas there is a provision of CCTV access to see their child’s activities.
However, on February 7, when the parents were going through the recorded CCTV footage, they saw that a nanny was hitting the child. The parent also noticed that their son was not willing to daycare while there was no such problem earlier. In the footage, they noticed that other teachers and staff were carelessly looking and did not intervene.
Daycare owner refused to admit assault took place
Surprisingly, when the parents brought the matter to the notice of the daycare’s owner, they refused to admit that any assault took place. Even the accused nanny claimed that the video was taken from the wrong angle and thus it was looking like he was slapping.
Later they approached the Vashi police. The police registered a non-cognizable complaint and started the investigation.
A police official from Vashi police station said that a notice has been served to the daycare centre as per the law. “We have received information that the teacher involved in the assault of the child was sacked from the job,” said the official.
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