Woman Booked For Thrashing, Branding 3-Yr-Old Adopted Son With Hot Frying Pan in MP’s Shahdol

Shahdol: Madhya Pradesh Police filed a case against a woman Geeta Kol for allegedly branding her three-year-old adopted with a hot frying pan on Saturday at Shahdol. The woman, refuting the charges against her, claimed that the child accidentally sat on the frying pan.

The incident took place under the Amlai police station area on Friday.

The accused, who doesn’t have children, had adopted her sister-in-law’s son about two months ago, said Amlai police station in-charge Jaiprakash Sharma, citing the complaint.

Initially, she took care of the child but later allegedly started beating him, he said.

Sharma said the child suffered injuries after he was beaten and branded with a hot tawa on several parts of his body on Friday.

A neighbour of Kol informed the boy’s mother, who lives in Rewa district, about the alleged assault. She also got the child to talk to his mother. The boy’s mother then rushed to Amlai police station and filed a complaint.

The child is being treated in a hospital, he said.

Police have booked Kol for voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means under the Bharatiya Nayaya Sanhita (BNS).

Kol claimed the minor was singed after he accidentally sat on the hot tawa, he said.

Further legal steps will be taken after a probe and recording statements, the official added.

(with PTI inputs)