Two persons held for feeding gutka to baby
Two men were arrested at Jolarpet railway station for allegedly feeding gutka to a one-year-old baby on a train. The incident, captured on video, sparked public outcry, and the child is currently receiving medical treatment.
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Two commuters were arrested by Government Railway Police (GRP) at Jolarpet railway station in Tirupattur on Tuesday for reportedly feeding gutka to a baby.
The police said the arrested persons were identified as B. Sivakumar, 57, and Puthagunda Reddy, 38. They are residents of Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh. Initial inquiry revealed that the duo was travelling in an express train towards Bengaluru from Chennai when a fellow passenger R. Murali, 39, a resident of Jolarpet, saw Sivakumar allegedly feeding a small quantity of gutka to a one-year-old baby in the train.
The police said that the baby belongs to V. Raj Khan, 28, and Harina, 26, a native of West Bengal. The couple was working as wage labourers in Kerala. They were on their way to Karnataka to meet relatives. The couple was sleeping when the incident took place.
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