8-year-old child made to clean toilet at Covid isolation centre in Maharashtra’s Buldhana

A video of an 8-year-old child being made to clean a toilet at a Covid isolation centre in Maharashtra’s Buldhana went viral a couple of days ago. The panchayat samiti employee involved has been suspended.

In a video that went viral a couple of days ago on social media, an 8-year-old child can be seen cleaning a toilet at a Covid isolation centre in Maharashtra’s Buldhana. An adult can be seen giving instructions to the child. This, from #Maharashtra #COVID19 is a story of many tragedies. Among them such gross abuse of children. @smritiirani https://t.co/6fUFGLXsoC The incident took place at the Zilla Parishad School in Maarod village in Sangrampur tehsil of Buldhana district. The government has set up isolation centres at government schools to stem the spread of Covid-19 in the state’s rural areas. The group development officer of Sangrampur panchayat samiti had ordered cleaning of the schools when alerted on May 29 that the district magistrate was coming for inspection.