A four-year-old intellectually challenged boy was allegedly assaulted by his caretaker, Souna Patrawala alias Lalitha, at Jio Mall in BKC on June 21. The incident, captured by a fellow shopper and later shared in a “Mummy WhatsApp Group,” showed the woman physically beating the child from the escalator to the exit before placing him in his parents’ car. The boy’s mother, D E Anklesaria, filed an FIR under Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act and for causing hurt under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita after confirming the boy was her son. Anklesaria revealed this wasn’t the first complaint—her son had reportedly been pinched and had his food taken. The BKC police are now investigating the matter, though no arrests have been made so far.

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