Panaji: The Goa government on Monday launched a probe after a three-year-old boy's cheek was branded with a red-hot iron ladle by an anganwadi worker because he was constantly crying and wanted to meet his mother.

The gory incident occurred on April 13 when the anganwadi worker touched a red-hot iron ladle to the child's cheek. The burn has left a wound, which was medically examined by the authorities after the delayed FIR was registered.