A day after a video of a seven-year-old boy being mercilessly thrashed by his grandmother in Baleswar district went viral on the social media, a similar incident came to light in Angul district on Sunday.
A video of a three-year-old girl being thrashed by her grandmother Kumudini Rout at Gadatarash village under the Bantala police station in Angul district has surfaced in which Rout is seen beating the child with a stick. The victim was staying with her grandmother after the demise of her mother.
Rout beat the child and locked her in a room in the morning, before going outside.
On hearing the girl sobbing inside the room, members of a local Anganwadi centre rescued her and informed the Bantala police about it. The girl has sustained injuries on her ear and hand.
Rout’s neighbours alleged that they had seen the woman beating the child a number of times and asked her to refrain from it but she did not listen to their pleas.
Cops have detained Rout and her husband at the police station for questioning. “Investigation into the incident is on and action would be taken after a detailed probe,” said Bantala police station IIC Pradip Pradhan.