Overview
- The video that spread Sunday led Una police to the Bahdala village home, where they detained the ex-serviceman and sent the child for a medical exam.
- Police say the girl, the child of a migrant family and about four to six years old, was tied to a staircase and assaulted after she plucked a guava.
- A case was registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Juvenile Justice Act, laws that address assault and cruelty toward children.
- Passerby Rohit Jaswal, identified as a Merchant Navy officer, intervened, freed the child, and alerted the 112 emergency line and the Child Helpline.
- The Child Welfare Committee and district leaders called the accused for questioning, and a separate clip shows him apologising as the investigation continues.