Woman arrested for brutally assaulting six-year-old daughter for deleting WhatsApp

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a ghastly incident, a six-year-old minor girl was brutally beaten for deleting WhatsApp from her mother’s phone. The incident happened at Udiyankulangara in Thiruvananthapuram Neyyattinkara. The girl, who sustained serious injuries on her face has been admitted at the Neyyattinkara General Hospital. The incident happened Friday afternoon.

The victim has been identified as Vishnu Nanda, youngest daughter of Vishnu and Shobha of Udiyankulangara. The minor girl was admitted in the hospital with bruises after being hit on the face. The reason for the assault was that she had deleted WhatsApp from her mother's phone. Her mother and grandmother took her to the General Hospital, claiming that she had fallen from the bed and sustained facial injuries.

However, the doctor grew suspicious after noticing the severity of the injuries and conducted an inquiry, which revealed that the child was brutally assaulted. Following this, the police took her mother, Shobha, into custody. The police will also investigate whether the child had been subjected to similar abuse in the past.