Bengaluru: A 35-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly burning her nine-year-old daughter’s hand with a candle to go to a neighbor’s house to play.
However, the woman rejected the accusation and told the police that she only hit her by log.
The incident occurred in the third week of June but was revealed on Monday when the girl shifted to the hospital in Hebbal with an injury in her right hand.
According to the police, the doctor noticed the signs of burning and notifying the law of RT Nagar Jurisdiction.
Thus, a police officer was deployed to record the statement from the girl.
“I played at a neighbor’s house.
My mother went to work.
When she returned, she lost it cool to see me at home.
Bringing me home, she beat me with wood wood and then burned my right hand with a candle,” said the girl told the police.
When playing on Monday, the girl fell and suffered an injury in the same hand.
“My mother took me to the hospital and the doctor asked about a sign of burning,” he said.
The police have ordered mothers under the Youth Justice Act and part 324 of the Indian criminal code (voluntarily cause injured with dangerous objects).
“The woman was separated from her husband and lived with the second daughter at RT Nagar.
Her husband and daughter lived separately.
The woman did part time work to survive.
The woman claimed she was frustrated to see children at neighboring homes, who always talked badly to him,” Police said.
The woman was released on a station guarantee.