The kids at the orphanage in Telangana were punished for not eating their food.
Highlights
- Children as young as 4 tortured at state-run orphanage
- Staff seen burning them with hot metal spoons
- Staff claims children 'punished' for not eating meals
A group of children at a state-run orphanage in Telangana were burnt with scalding hot spoons by staff, security cameras show.
Karimnagar Project director Mohan Reddy said on Sunday some social workers who visited the home reported the matter.
CCTV footage of the orphanage showed children being tortured with hot spoons.
''The staff denied any knowledge of how the injuries happened but CCTV footage revealed the truth. Serious action will be taken," said Mohan Reddy, a senior officer in charge of the administration in Karimnagar, 150 km from the IT hub of Hyderabad.
Some social workers who visited the orphanage reported the matter.
The seven children, who are all younger than five, were "punished" on Friday evening for not eating their food, said staffers, none of whom have been arrested so far.
Geetha, aged five, who still has big blisters on her hand, said she was among the first to be branded for "troubling" her supervisors.