<p class="title">A seven-year-old girl was branded with a hot spatula at home by her step-mother, angry over the child wetting her bed, police said here today.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The incident, which took place last week, came to light on Tuesday after the child revealed her ordeal to her teachers when she attended school, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Seeing the child's discomfort in the class, teachers questioned her and she showed the burn marks on her stomach, thighs and private parts, a teacher at the school said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">School authorities immediately informed Childline, an NGO, which contacted police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The step-mother and father, a lorry driver, have been arrested and a case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons) and the Juvenile Justice Act was registered, police sources said.</p>
<p class="title">A seven-year-old girl was branded with a hot spatula at home by her step-mother, angry over the child wetting her bed, police said here today.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The incident, which took place last week, came to light on Tuesday after the child revealed her ordeal to her teachers when she attended school, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Seeing the child's discomfort in the class, teachers questioned her and she showed the burn marks on her stomach, thighs and private parts, a teacher at the school said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">School authorities immediately informed Childline, an NGO, which contacted police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The step-mother and father, a lorry driver, have been arrested and a case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons) and the Juvenile Justice Act was registered, police sources said.</p>