New Delhi: Police here have arrested a 50-year-old nurse, her husband and son for allegedly burning her seven-year-old adoptive daughter with tongs.
Renu Kumari, who works as a nurse at a central government hospital, is accused of physically abusing their adoptive daughter.
According to police, the girl’s biological parents are relatives of the accused.
The girl claimed that the aunt began abusing her from the first day of her adoption and that she was forced to spend the chilly winter nights of December and January sleeping unclothed on the roof and balcony of the house.
On February 9, the RK Puram police station received information about a minor being physically abused by her adoptive mother.
The girl was medically examined and a case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, Juvenile Justice Act and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act Act was registered, the officer said.
The medical report of the girl revealed more than 18 injury marks on her body.
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