INDORE: A couple was on Tuesday arrested for allegedly inflicting burns and torturing their nine-year-old adopted daughter in Madhya Pradesh's Indore, police said. The 40-year-old woman had allegedly inflicted burns on the child's private parts as a punishment for bedwetting, while her husband is also accused of brutally assaulting her, MIG police station in-charge Ajay Verma said.
The accused, who are close relatives of the child, had adopted her after the death of her parents due to Covid-19 infection, he said.