The superintendent of a child shelter in India was suspended after a disturbing video of her beating a girl with slippers went viral on social media.
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The viral video showed Poonam Pal, the officiating superintendent of Rajkiya Baal Grah child shelter in India’s Agra city, beating the minor with her own slippers as the girl lay on the bed.
The district magistrate ordered the District Probationary Officer, Ajay Pal Singh, to investigate and submit the inquiry report.
Lucknow’s Women’s Welfare Department suspended Poonam Pal on the recommendation of the district magistrate after Ajay Pal Singh submitted the inquiry.
Ajay Pal Singh, during his visit to the shelter, admitted that the woman’s act was unacceptable.
He recalled being told that the girl was locking herself along with other children in a box so that they could remain hidden.
Poonam Pal refused to comment on the matter by saying she told her side of the story with the DPO.
It is pertinent to mention that legal action was taken against Poonam Pal over abetment to suicide after a 15-year-old girl allegedly killed herself in a shelter home in Prayagraj district in 2021.
Netizens had expressed their anger, and questioned why was she allowed to run the shelter when she was booked in a case.
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