In a new low for our city, a matron at a children's home in Mankhurd set an appalling benchmark for cruelty. A report in this paper cited how she mercilessly beat up an eight-year-old for spending too much time in the toilet, and then, made the child lick her own vomit, after the girl threw up following the assault.

The incident came to light the next day, after other children at the shelter told a teacher about it. Trombay cops have booked the matron and are waiting for the girl's parents to come and take her custody.