Bypassed Security, Staged Clip: Capgemini Daycare's Charge Against Ex-Staff

Little Scholars, a daycare provider at Capgemini's Bengaluru campus, has accused former employees of orchestrating a smear campaign involving false child abuse allegations. The company claims the ex-staff members are retaliating after being terminated for misconduct.
Why it matters
The incident underscores the complexities of workplace disputes and the potential for reputational damage through social media-driven allegations.
Little Scholars, the daycare operator at IT firm Capgemini's Bengaluru campus, has alleged "highly orchestrated criminal conspiracy" by former employees to extort and defame the childcare provider. The statement follows allegations of child abuse at the on-site daycare, including that children between two and three years of age were made to sit in the drum of a front-loading washing machine and were locked in bathrooms.In what it called an 'expose' of criminal acts against the company, Little Scholars shared a sequence of events that led to the allegations. According to the statement, on June 25, a physical and verbal altercation ensued between two Little Scholars employees -- Sujata and Vijaya Laxmi R -- during working hours following which proprietor Ramandeep Kaur issued directives to terminate both and confiscate their company credentials.The two employees returned to the campus the next morning and threatened centre manager Manjula to save their jobs.
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