Daijiworld Media Network - Brahmavar (SP)
Brahmavar, Dec 30: In an incident which happened at Heruru, Brahmavar, an eight-year-old girl was mercilessly thrashed by her own mother. The incident took place in a rented house at Heruru here where a family from Chikkodi resides.
A person named Santhosh who lived in the same area and observed the senseless thrashing of the eight-year-old girl for frivolous reasons, conveyed information to the district child protection unit. Legal surveillance officer of the unit, Prabhakar Achar, and Brahmavar child development project officer, Leelavathi, along with Vanitha Hegde visited the house of the girl. The girl was rescued.
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Under the instructions of the president of the child welfare committee, Ronald Furtado, the girl has been admitted into the Bal Mandir Nittoor, for rehabilitation.