Minor with autism allegedly assaulted at therapy centre

The incident came to light after the Director of Public Health, Dr G. Srinivas Rao, responded to a video tweeted by the victim’s uncle

A two-and-a-half-year-old boy was allegedly assaulted at a therapy centre in Karkhana during his autism therapy sessions. While a complaint was registered at the Karkhana Police Station on September 2, the alleged horrific incident came to light on Tuesday, after Director of Public Health Dr G. Srinivas Rao responded to a video which the victim’s uncle, who sought the intervention of the authorities, had tweeted. The video purportedly showed injuries on the victim’s torso. “We filed an FIR against Pinnacle therapists, sir please see below video my nephew is a victim of child abuse. Pinnacle Therapy was supposed to help my nephew with speech therapy, occupational therapy & behavioural therapy,” Murali Krishna tweeted, tagging the Twitter handles of Information Technology Minister K.T. Rama Rao, Hyderabad City Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar and the official Hyderabad City Police handle.