Navi Mumbai: Bantwal nanny held for child abuse

Navi Mumbai: A woman working as a nanny in a Mangalorean Catholic household at Vashi here was arrested for physically abusing a newborn baby.

The woman identified as Irene Vas, resident of Bambilapadavu in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district, was hired by the family of the newborn soon after the baby’s birth.

Later the family found that the baby would keep crying incessantly and when taken to a paediatrician they were told that the baby has blood clots in its hands and legs as well as swelling in few other parts.

Suspecting Vas the family installed CCTV cameras in the house which showed Vas beating and twisting the baby to make it sleep or stop crying.

The family then filed a case at the Vashi police station and Vas was arrested before being released on conditional bail.