Woman booked for thrashing stepdaughter, video goes viral

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 4 

A woman has been booked by the Chandigarh Police after videos in which she was allegedly seen thrashing her five-year-old stepdaughter went viral. The police claimed the videos were around seven months old, which surfaced recently. 

The woman, Jaspreet Kaur, had married Manmohan Singh, a resident of Sector 29, in 2016. It was the second marriage for both of them. 

A video recently surfaced in which the woman was seen slapping her stepdaughter and another video showing her stuffing the victim in a gunny bag. 

The videos were reportedly made by the accused woman’s stepson on various occasions. He showed the videos to his father, who then approached the Child Welfare Committee, Sector 19.

The police were informed about the incident after which an investigation was initiated. 

Inspector Devinder Singh, SHO of the Industrial Area police station, said a case against the woman under Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act and Section 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the IPC had been registered.

The SHO said efforts were being made to nab her.