5-year-old girl beaten, dragged as mother pleads for help, attack caught on CCTV

A 5-year-old girl was beaten by a woman in Amritsar with CCTV footage showing the child being assaulted and dragged towards the woman’s house.

According to the CCTV footage, the woman was seen brutally beating her neighbours’ 5-year-old daughter. When the girl’s mother tried to intervene and rescue her child, the woman misbehaved with her, threatened her and drove her away. The mother fell to the ground during the incident.

The woman was taking the child towards her house while beating and dragging her when nearby residents intervened and rescued the girl.

According to local information, the woman’s mental condition is reportedly not stable, and residents of the neighbourhood remain fearful because of her behaviour.

The 5-year-old girl suffered serious injuries in the incident. Her family has filed a complaint with the police and sought justice.- Ends

Kamaljit Sandhu is an award winning journalist working as Deputy Editor in India Today. She has nearly two decades of experience as a full time TV journalist. She covers "conflict" regions, Internal security matters, MEA and Parliament. Her work has often led to crisscrossing the country. She has also traveled to Pakistan and Iran, in pursuit of news stories. In 2019, she received the ENBA Award for best news programming for her ground report on "surviving Bastar" which was based on the government's policy on inducting tribals in Crpf in chattisgarh to counter naxals.

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