Overview

• On July 6 in Diva, Thane district, 28-year-old Yashoda Gudimetala was filmed striking her four-year-old daughter with a steel spoon.
• A sibling recorded the assault and sent the footage to grandmother Jaya Gudimetala in Wadala, who filed the complaint.
• Police registered an FIR at Mumbra Police Station on July 7 under sections 115 and 118 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Juvenile Justice Act.
• Preliminary findings by Senior Inspector Anil Shinde indicate the mother was angered by the child’s use of a mobile phone.
• The four-year-old sustained injuries to her hand and leg and is recovering at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa as the probe continues.