The minor told the police that he was made to clean the toilet because the cleaning staff was absent. He was paid Rs 50 for this.
In a shocking incident, an eight-year-old boy in Maharashtra's Buldhana district was forced to clean a Covid-19 patient's toilet at a quarantine centre.
The in-charge of the quarantine centre located at Maarod village under Sangrampur tehsil of Buldhana district allegedly threatened to thrash the boy if he did not clean the toilet.
This, from is a story of many tragedies. Among them such gross abuse of children. https://t.co/6fUFGLXsoC
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After the video of this inhumane incident went viral, the district administration swung into action and suspended the centre head.
The minor told the police that he was made to clean the toilet because the cleaning staff was absent. He was paid Rs 50 for this.
Villagers told that centre-head did this to earn brownie points in front of the gram panchayat officials who were preparing for the district magistrate's inspection.