Bengaluru: More than a week after the alleged abuse at a daycare centre on its Bengaluru campus came to light, Capgemini Tuesday filed a complaint with HAL police, accusing daycare employees and others of acting in an unlawful manner, committing grave cognisable offences, and endangering the safety, privacy and dignity of minor children.In the complaint, Capgemini has charged Little Scholars, a third-party service provider, with harassment, torture, and physical and mental assault of toddlers.The IT company has sought legal action against the partners, promoters, directors, and nannies of the service provider under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.The complaint will be added to the FIR already registered and under investigation, police said.“Little Scholars and its employees were entrusted with the care, custody, supervision and safety of children at the creche facility. The alleged physical assault, mental harassment, forcible disciplining, locking of children inside rooms or toilets, pouring water, rough handling and unauthorised washroom videography disclose the abuse. The nannies and others caused physical pain and emotional distress to the toddlers,” the company stated.Further, Capgemini describes there was ‘coordinated misconduct’ on the part of the nannies, which resulted in toddlers suffering.“The facts expressly disclose that children were locked inside rooms or toilets, thus preventing them from moving freely. The toddlers were assaulted in a bid to make them follow rules. It is evident that accused employees and others from Little Scholars (acted) in a deliberate manner,” the complaint read.City police commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh reiterated the authorities would not spare anyone in the case.Something amiss at daycare: Police chiefStating that ‘whistleblower’ Sujatha was part of the daycare crime and she had stage-managed the recordings leading to her arrest, Bengaluru police commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh said there was “surely something wrong in the affairs of the daycare centre”. “As the investigation goes on, we’ll find (out) what was cooking, what went wrong and why,” he added.As part of investigation, police have questioned two persons — a nanny and an associate of Sujatha. “The nanny had helped Sujatha in recording videos. She knew Sujatha was recording videos with a different motive. Therefore, the nanny’s statements will play a vital role in establishing the allegations,” police said.Sujatha’s close associate who was questioned had shared videos with officials from the child helpline. “He is expected to tell us why Sujatha delayed for seven days handing over videos to the authorities. Why was it leaked to others too?” he added.
