‘Beaten, eyes swollen, vomiting, dizzy’: Father on 3-year-old’s ordeal in school
A three-year-old boy was allegedly physically and sexually assaulted at a private playschool in Delhi. The child's father discovered the abuse after his son returned home ill, and CCTV footage later confirmed the child had been tied to a chair and beaten.
Why it matters
This incident highlights critical failures in child safety protocols and institutional accountability within private educational facilities.
NEW DELHI: A three-and-a-half-year-old boy was allegedly physically and sexually assaulted at a private playschool in northeast Delhi’s Maujpur. His father said the child had been troubled for several days before falling seriously ill after returning from school on August 18.CCTV footage purportedly shows the boy being tied to a chair, kicked and pulled by his ears.'Swollen eardrums raise alarm'According to the child’s father, Navneet Chaudhary, his son had been troubled for several days before his condition suddenly worsened on August 18.The father told news agency ANI that the child returned home from school that day, began vomiting and complained of dizziness.He was immediately taken to a paediatrician, who noticed that his eyes were swollen and advised the family to consult an ENT specialist.The ENT doctor allegedly found that the boy’s eardrums in both ears were swollen and appeared to be close to rupturing.
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