Overview
- Police registered an FIR and arrested four people, including school operators Akshay Indulkar and Anandi, after the footage surfaced online.
- The video, recorded about three months earlier by a cook, shows 16-year-old Deepak Rathod beaten with a belt and plastic pipe, with chilli powder thrown into his eyes.
- Charges include provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and the Prevention of Atrocities against SC/ST Act, with the FIR also naming Ravikant Budihal.
- Inspections found Divyajyoti operating without mandatory permissions, prompting Women and Child Development officials to close and seal the premises and conduct welfare checks.
- Officials report 11 of 32 children have been moved to other schools or returned to parents, and investigators are probing staff involvement and any additional incidents.