Overview
- A video of a woman kicking a toddler at an Anganwadi in Nandgaon, Panvel, went viral after being shared on X by user Madhur, prompting widespread outrage online.
- Panvel City police investigated the clip and located the family, concluding the woman in the footage was the child’s mother who had lost her temper because the toddler was restless.
- Officers said the toddler was taken for a medical examination, the parents were summoned, counselled and warned, and no formal offence was registered after the probe.
- Early social posts and some reports had identified the attacker as an Anganwadi worker but media outlets updated their accounts after the police clarification.
- The episode joins recent preschool assault reports in Maharashtra and has renewed public concern about supervision and safety standards at government childcare centres.