Claim
Children were made to sit on the toilet seat and water was sprayed on their faces with a jet spray.
“बच्चों को टॉयलेट सीट पर बैठाकर उनके मुंह पर जेट स्प्रे से पानी मारा जाता था।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
The claim matches a real, widely reported incident at a daycare on Capgemini's HAL campus in Bengaluru that surfaced on 2026-06-30/07-01, immediately before the 2026-07-02 broadcast. Multiple independent outlets, citing viral videos reported to the Child Helpline and an FIR against five caregivers under the Juvenile Justice Act, describe children being made to sit on a toilet seat while water was sprayed on their faces/mouths with a jet spray. The anchor's statement accurately reflects these video-backed, FIR-documented allegations; no fact-checker rebuttal was found. Confidence is slightly below full because the acts remain allegations under police investigation rather than court-established facts.
Evidence
- https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2026/07/02/daycare-toddler-abuse-fir-bengaluru.html Reports FIR against five women caregivers at a daycare on Capgemini's HAL campus in Bengaluru for abusing toddlers, including making them sit on a western toilet and spraying water into their mouths with a toilet jet spray. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.republicworld.com/india/daycare-nightmare-video-shows-toddlers-locked-in-washing-machine-sprayed-on-face-with-toilet-jet-spray-in-bengaluru-2026-07-01-130856 Describes viral videos (reported 2026-07-01, the day before the broadcast) showing toddlers sprayed on the face with a toilet jet spray and placed in a washing machine at the Bengaluru daycare. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.timesnowhindi.com/india/karnataka-bengaluru-daycare-toddler-torture-five-women-booked-hal-police-article-154843537 Hindi-language report matching the anchor's wording: children seated on the toilet and water sprayed on their mouths/faces with a jet spray; five women booked by HAL police under the Juvenile Justice Act. ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.lokmattimes.com/national/bengaluru-day-care-horror-toddlers-put-inside-washing-machine-sprayed-with-toilet-jet-at-it-campus-creche-fir-registered-against-five-women-video-a507/ Confirms FIR registered against five women after videos showed toddlers sprayed with a toilet jet at the IT-campus creche; daycare temporarily closed. ✓ reachable · archived