Bengaluru Daycare Nightmare: Police Book 5 Nannies After Disturbing Videos Show Kids Locked In Washing Machines
Bengaluru Daycare Nightmare: Police Book 5 Nannies After Disturbing Videos Show Kids Locked In Washing Machines Written By, Last Updated: July 01, 2026, 18:32 IST
Bengaluru Daycare Nightmare: Police Book 5 Nannies After Disturbing Videos Show Kids Locked In Washing Machines Written By, Last Updated: July 01, 2026, 18:32 IST Toddlers were also allegedly locked inside dark bathrooms and sprayed with water from high-pressure toilet jets According to formal complaints lodged with law enforcement authorities and the Child Helpline, the caregivers subjected children aged between two and three years to severe forms of physical torment and intimidation to enforce silence. Representational image/AI-generated In a deeply unsettling development that has triggered widespread public outrage, the Bengaluru police have registered a First Information Report against five female nannies for the alleged systemic physical abuse and psychological intimidation of toddlers at a daycare facility. The facility, situated within IT major Capgemini’s campus in the city, serves as a corporate childcare centre where tech professionals leave their young children during working hours. The institutional misconduct came to light following the leak and subsequent viral circulation of internal video footage on digital messaging platforms.
According to formal complaints lodged with law enforcement authorities and the Child Helpline, the caregivers subjected children aged between two and three years to severe forms of physical torment and intimidation to enforce silence. The incriminating footage purports to show nannies placing crying toddlers inside a front-loading washing machine and shutting the door to terrify them. Additional segments of the video evidence indicate that children were routinely locked inside dark bathrooms, forced to sit for extended periods on Western-style toilets, and subjected to having water forcibly sprayed into their mouths using high-pressure toilet jet sprays whenever they became disruptive. Taking immediate cognisance of the digital evidence and subsequent intermediate reports from child welfare organisations, the local police booked the five accused individuals under the stringent provisions of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act. Investigators have confirmed that initial operational assessments indicate the patterns of abuse were deployed as punitive measures to control the toddlers.
While a formal forensic evaluation of the digital recordings is underway, police authorities have initiated standard procedural steps to summon the accused caregivers for custodial interrogation. The horrific revelations have renewed intense legislative and public scrutiny over the regulatory oversight of corporate and private crèches across India’s technology hubs. Working parents’ associations have fiercely criticised the apparent lack of internal surveillance monitoring and the absence of strict psychological vetting for contractually hired domestic staff. Legal experts emphasise that corporate entities hosting such childcare operations under third-party models cannot completely absolve themselves of vicarious liability. As the police widen their investigation to ascertain the duration of the institutional negligence, child rights advocates are demanding mandatory, real-time closed-circuit television streaming access for parents alongside rigorous unannounced inspections by state child protection committees. News18 Newsletter Handpicked stories, in your inbox A newsletter with the best of our journalism submit About the Author Pathikrit Sen Gupta Pathikrit Sen Gupta is a Senior Associate Editor with News18.com and likes to cut a long story short.
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