Police probing India daycare centre after videos show toddlers being put in washing machine

Police in Bengaluru, India, have launched an investigation into a daycare center after disturbing videos surfaced allegedly showing toddlers being subjected to abuse. Five nannies employed at the facility, located on the campus of an IT company, have been booked.

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The safety and well-being of its employees and their families remained its highest priority.

The case has ignited serious concerns regarding the safety of children at workplace creches. The alleged abuse depicted in the videos includes children being placed inside a washing machine, sprayed with water from a toilet jet spray, and locked in toilets to silence them. Investigators also reported allegations of children being forced to sit on commodes and threatened into silence.

The alleged abuse came to light when a child helpline official received four videos and alerted the police. According to police sources, the footage was recorded by a staff member whose friend had been dismissed from the daycare center the previous month. The alleged victims are toddlers between two and three years old, most of whom have parents working at the IT company.

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We are cooperating fully with the relevant authorities and assisting them in their efforts to establish the facts.

Capgemini, the IT company where the daycare is located, stated that the safety and well-being of its employees and their families are its highest priority. The company is cooperating fully with authorities and has temporarily closed the on-campus daycare facility as a precautionary measure. Police have registered a case against the accused nannies under relevant sections of the Juvenile Justice Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

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As a precautionary measure, we are temporarily closing the Bengaluru on-campus daycare facility.