Overview
- Video clips that circulated this week prompted a police FIR naming five creche staff and led to the temporary closure of the on‑campus daycare operated by an outsourced provider.
- Police arrested two women on Saturday and have remanded them; investigators are seeking other staff and have sent phones and CCTV footage for forensic analysis.
- Investigators say the footage clearly shows caretakers yelling at and threatening toddlers, but forensic teams so far found no evidence to support some extreme claims such as children being locked inside running washing machines.
- The Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights and national bodies have opened suo motu inquiries and recommended mandatory registration, caregiver training, CCTV with parental access, medical provisions and regular inspections for daycare centres.
- Parents report lasting fear and behavioural change in affected toddlers, and Capgemini says it is cooperating with authorities and offering counselling and helplines while companies review oversight of outsourced childcare.