Overview
- Disturbing mobile videos that circulated on WhatsApp late last week prompted a complaint to the Child Helpline and led police to file an FIR on June 29 naming five caregivers at the Capgemini Brookefield creche.
- Capgemini temporarily closed the on‑campus daycare and said it is cooperating with investigators while police seized CCTV and formed a special team to verify the footage and other technical evidence.
- Bengaluru police made the first arrest on Friday when they detained a caregiver identified as Vijayalaxmi and have issued notices to other staff for questioning as the probe continues.
- The complaint alleges toddlers aged about two to three were forced into a front‑loading washing machine, locked in bathrooms and sprayed with water from a toilet jet, and officials are examining whether the abuse was repeated and previously reported by a fired whistleblower.
- Authorities have involved child‑welfare bodies and say they will inspect other workplace daycares for compliance, a step that could prompt stricter vetting, mandatory monitoring, and regulatory checks for corporate creches.