On Camera: Minor Girl Beaten With Slippers By Official Inside Agra Child Shelter, Probe Ordered
Agra, UP: In a disturbing incident an official at a child shelter in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra was caught beating up a minor inmate with slippers as the victim lay sobbing helplessly on the bed. A video of the horrifying incident which has gone viral on social media platforms showed the woman mercilessly thrashing the victim with slippers as the minor girl lay on the bed.
The incident took place at the Rajkiya Baal Grah child shelter in Agra and the official in question is reportedly the officiating superintendent of the home.
In #Agra's govt run children shelterhome (Pachkuiyaan), Poonam Lal, the center superintendent was caught slapping a girl with slippers. Earlier she was booked for abetment to suicide in #Prayagraj district in 2021 after a 15-yr-old girl allegedly killed her self in shelter home pic.twitter.com/JE5V56jR7l
— Arvind Chauhan (@Arv_Ind_Chauhan) September 12, 2023
Meanwhile, officials said the authorities have taken cognizance of the incident after the video went viral on social media sites. They said that the district magistrate has ordered the district probationary officer (DPO) to investigate the matter and submit his report.