Mumbai Crime: Teachers remanded to police custody for thrashing children

The Kandivali police on Wednesday arrested the two teachers of a Rhymes and Rumbles play school for allegedly mistreating hitting and headslapping toddlersAfter more than three weeks both the teachers were arrested on Thursday and the duo was produced before the Borivli Metropolitan Magistrate CourtThe court remanded them oneday police custody informed an officer from Kandivali police stationThe duo teacher has been identified as Jinal Cheda and Bhakti Shah They were booked under section 23 of the Juvenile Justice Act 2000 Punishment for cruelty to a juvenile or childOne parent Kaushal Zaveri 35 realised sudden aggressive changes in the behavior of his child As per the statement given to the police Zaveri asked other parents whose kids were also in the preschool about any change in their kids behavior Parents of the kids had also realised sudden aggression in their kidsMore than 25 children aged between twoandhalf years old and above were studying in the preschoolAll the parents complained to the preschool management on March 27 The management took the matter seriously and watched every CCTV camera footage inside and outside it They were shocked to see two of their teachers mistreating the complainantrsquos son and other kids All parents then approached the police and registered a complaintAlso read Mumbai Crime Husband kills wife on suspicious of extramarital affairDuring the investigation it was revealed the duo teachers were seen hitting the kids throwing them on the floor pinching their cheeks hard and even hitting them on their heads with books the officer addedWe analyzed the video recordings provided by the parents of the students As per the Supreme Court guideline the accused needs to be given notice in a case where the punishment is less than seven years So following the procedure we have given them notice 41A of CrPC said the police officerMeanwhile the accused approached the session court for the Anticipatory Bail Application ABA and when the session court rejected their ABA the duo approached the high courtThe ABA of accused Bhakti Shah was rejected by the High Court yesterday while accused Jinal Cheda withdrew the ABA application and surrendered before the Kandivali police said a family friend of accused ChedaSpeaking with midday on the condition of anonymity a friend of the accused said The matter is very sensitive and the parents were constantly pressurising the police to arrest them as well as threatening the accused to blacken their faces this was the reason that they had applied for interim bail from the court to avoid arrest and today they surrender before the policeMeanwhile the people of both families were going through a lot of mental stress The reporter tried to approach the family member and relatives but they refused to talkAccuseds advocate Surendra Landge says When four people in a family are not the same then how these children can be Some children have a calm nature while some are naughty Mostly teachers are very strict with naughty children so that it doesnt affect the calmness of other children The intention of these teachers was not wrongAfter the arrest of these two teachers the parent feels little satisfaction and says gratefully that the first step has been taken toward justiceThe arrested accused were produced before the court and remanded in oneday police custody Further investigation is underway said senior inspector Dinkar Jadhav of KandivaliWe are now trying to find out whether any other person except two teachers was involved in mistreating the kids and if found so will arrest took action against them too he added