Bengaluru Police File FIR Over Daycare Toddler Abuse

Police in Bengaluru have registered a case against five caregivers at a daycare facility operating within an IT company campus following the emergence of videos alleging toddlers were subjected to disturbing punishments, including being placed inside a washing machine and locked in bathrooms.

The First Information Report was filed at the HAL police station on June 29 based on a complaint from the District Child Protection Unit. The alleged incidents occurred at Society General Baby Care, a daycare on the Capgemini Technology Services India campus in Brookefield. The facility serves employees of the company.

According to the complaint and police officials, children aged between two and three years were allegedly forced to sit inside the drum of a front-loading washing machine, sprayed with water into their mouths using a toilet jet spray, and locked inside bathrooms to silence them when they cried or caused a disturbance. The videos, which began circulating on social media and via WhatsApp earlier this week, purportedly show more than 15 toddlers present at the center during these alleged acts.

A senior police officer stated that the five accused women, identified as Manjula,...