Overview
- Police said an 11-year-old in Class VI was hit with a ladle after he reached for an extra boiled egg at an Anganwadi, a government childcare center, in Filmnagar.
- Officers registered a case for voluntarily causing hurt under Section 118 of the new criminal code and invoked the Juvenile Justice Act, which covers offenses against children.
- Deccan Chronicle reported that the worker, identified as Balanageswareamma, was arrested and produced before a court for judicial remand.
- PTI, citing police, reported the strike as accidental, described the head injury as not serious, and said the woman was served a notice.
- The boy’s parents said private hospital doctors found bleeding and internal injuries and they filed a complaint seeking strict action, putting a spotlight on staff training and how meal rules are enforced.