Rajkot: A 30-year-old woman residing in Jamkhambhalia was booked on Saturday for burning her step-daughter to eat food without her permission.
The complaint was filed by Chandrashekhar Buddhabhatti, chairman of the Child Welfare Committee, after a video of Rajul Bhogayata misbehaving with his 10-year-old step-daughter went viral.
According to the police, Bhogayata had hit the girl’s feet with a hot iron pan. The girl’s grandmother had recorded a video of the abuse and circulated it among her relatives to shame the victim. The video was further circulated by a relative.
When Buddhabhatti also got the video, he asked an officer to investigate. Preliminary investigation revealed that the girl had eaten something salty for which she was punished. Later, the woman tried to kill her by strangulation and also threatened to kill her. In the past too, the girl was beaten up by her stepmother and not given food.
The girl’s grandmother was about to approach the police, but later Bhogayata promised that she would not harm the girl and a settlement was reached.
However, by then the video had gone viral and the Child Welfare Committee had started investigating it. Based on Budhbhatti’s complaint, Bhogayata was booked at the Jamkhambhalia police station for assault, criminal intimidation and violation of the Juvenile Justice Act.
The complaint was filed by Chandrashekhar Buddhabhatti, chairman of the Child Welfare Committee, after a video of Rajul Bhogayata misbehaving with his 10-year-old step-daughter went viral.
According to the police, Bhogayata had hit the girl’s feet with a hot iron pan. The girl’s grandmother had recorded a video of the abuse and circulated it among her relatives to shame the victim. The video was further circulated by a relative.
When Buddhabhatti also got the video, he asked an officer to investigate. Preliminary investigation revealed that the girl had eaten something salty for which she was punished. Later, the woman tried to kill her by strangulation and also threatened to kill her. In the past too, the girl was beaten up by her stepmother and not given food.
The girl’s grandmother was about to approach the police, but later Bhogayata promised that she would not harm the girl and a settlement was reached.
However, by then the video had gone viral and the Child Welfare Committee had started investigating it. Based on Budhbhatti’s complaint, Bhogayata was booked at the Jamkhambhalia police station for assault, criminal intimidation and violation of the Juvenile Justice Act.
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