Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 10 (PTI) The Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has registered a case following media reports that a six-year-old girl was allegedly assaulted by her mother in Neyyattinkara here for deleting WhatsApp messages from her mobile phone, officials said on Saturday.
In a statement, the commission said it has taken up the case on its own based on media reports that the child was allegedly assaulted by her mother for deleting WhatsApp messages from the mobile phone.
The commission also sought explanations from the Parassala Station House Officer and the District Child Protection Officer into the incident.
Police officials said the incident took place on Friday morning after the child allegedly uninstalled WhatsApp from a mobile phone.
The mother was agitated after finding that the WhatsApp messages were deleted even after reinstalling the app.
The injured girl was later taken to a hospital, where her family initially told doctors that she sustained injuries while playing at home, officials said.
However, after noticing injury marks on the child, a doctor spoke to her separately, during which she allegedly revealed that her mother assaulted her, police said.
The hospital authorities subsequently informed the police, who took the mother into custody and launched an investigation into the incident, officials added. PTI TBA TBA ROH
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