Navi Mumbai monster maid screamed: Why don't these kids die

CCTV grabs show how the maid flung the baby and also hit and kicked herA day after the horror at Khargharrsquos Purva Nursery and daycare centre came to light Kharghar resident and psychologist Neelam Khanna 33 recounted her brush with the accused maid Afsana Shaikh Khanna said that six months ago when Shaikh was working for her taking care of her child she one day screamed that she wished the child were deadldquoOne day my sevenyearold daughter slipped on the wet floor of the house and fell Instead of picking her up she screamed lsquoYe bachche mar kyu nahi jaatersquo why donrsquot these kids die I was shocked I asked her to stop coming that very day She was working for another family in the building they too asked her to leave Later I found out that she had started working in a wellknown school in Kharghar I informed the principal after which she was fired I am thankful that I noticed her behaviour right at the startrdquoNinemonthold Ritisha who was thrashed and kicked by the maid at the daycare centre in KhargharAttempt to murder addedAfter the video of Shaikh hitting and kicking a ninemonthold went viral on Thursday political parties yesterday protested outside the daycare centre A few NGOs also met the police commissioner demanding that action be taken against the centreJitendra Hatwarrsquos twoandahalfyearold son was also enrolled at the Purva nursery they took him out after Thursdayrsquos incidentThe Kharghar police have further register a case adding section 307 attempt to murder of the Indian Penal Code against the accused and are investigating the matter She will be produced in court todayldquoShaikh seems mentally disturbed she has no house She has a son her husband left her a few months ago which has disturbed her morerdquo said subinspector Sunil ThopateParents petrifiedParents and Kharghar residents also staged a march against the centreJitendra Hatwar 43 a junior manager with a private firm whose twoandahalfyearold son was also at Purva daycare centre said ldquoI put my son there three months ago On Thursday night our neighbors told us about the incident later it went viral on WhatsApp and other social networking sites We were shockedhellip I will never send my kid there againrdquoHatwar added that he has already started searching for a new centre ldquoBoth my wife and I have odd work timings so daycare centre is the only way out After we enrolled our son at Purva I had gotten some suspicion about the centre but we had no option but to stick with it However after this incident there is no way we are taking a riskrdquo he saidExpert speakWith both parents working in a number of households daycare centres have become a major need for the urban society And with the increasing demand such centres are mushrooming without any regularisationThe Kharghar incident has highlighted what activists have been seeking mdash the need to focus on regularising of daycare centres nurseries and preprimary schooling which currently does not fall under any departmentSwati Popat president of Early Childhood Education Association said ldquoAt the Centre there is a women and child welfare department to look into making policies for early childhood care and education but at the state level it falls under the school education departmentrdquoldquoEarly childhood care is a proper sector in itself which is not being taken care of by anybody It is also not feasible for these two departments to look after it when women and education already are such vast topics Itrsquos why we have been demanding a separate ministry for itrdquo she addedWATCH VIDEOMaid kicks and fractures 9monthold babys head in Kharghar day care