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The licence and registration of children’s location Grace Happy Home Trust astatine Kottaipalayam successful Coimbatore territory were cancelled aft its officer in-charge was arrested for beating an inmate with belt.
Officials successful the cognize of the improvement said that the Department of Children Welfare and Special Services initiated the enactment aft the home’s serviceman in-charge S. Selvaraj, 60, was arrested connected Thursday.
As the licence and registration were cancelled owed to the ill-treatment meted retired to an inmate by a idiosyncratic from managerial position, the location cannot use for registration oregon licence further, an authoritative clarified.
“There were 9 inmates successful the children’s home. All of them were rescued and shifted to 2 different homes successful the territory connected Thursday itself. The home, which was functioning successful a rented house, became defunct from the infinitesimal the children were rescued and shifted to different facilities owed to the cruelty by the serviceman in-charge,” the authoritative said.
According to officials, the children’s location had been functioning for astir 10 years and its licence, which is valid for 5 years, had been renewed successful 2022.
Selvaraj and his woman S. Nirmala, 58, had been moving the location with the second arsenic the managing trustee. The District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) conducted an enquiry connected Thursday aft 2 videos, which showed Selvaraj beating an eight-year-old inmate with a belt, emerged. The enquiry recovered that the incidental took spot connected August 8.
The Kovilpalayam constabulary registered a lawsuit against Selvaraj and Nirmala based connected a ailment from a Protection Officer from DCPU. An serviceman from Kovilpalayam constabulary said they were connected the lookout for Nirmala.
