India news LIVE updates, 3 July 2026

According to the complaint, the creche staff locked crying children inside washing machines to frighten them, forced them into narrow water-filled pipes, and confined them in bathroom spaces. (Express Photo/Video grab)

India news LIVE updates: Bengaluru Police made its first arrest in the Capegemini daycare case where toddlers were allegedly assaulted and intimidated by caregivers. Five people were booked after police registered a on June 29 at the HAL police station following a complaint by Tilakesh Kumar, a legal-cum-probation officer with the district child protection unit, under charges of criminal intimidation and cruelty to children.

A 17-year-old schoolgirl died after being electrocuted in rainwater in Thane on July 2, with her family alleging that Torrent Power Limited officials had repeatedly ignored complaints about exposed wires in the area. “She was a bright student, on her way to meet her father at his shop, the incident occurred,” her uncle Md Chandiwala said. The death has come as Mumbai and its satellite cities reel under intense monsoon rainfall, with the IMD now issuing an orange alert for Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Raigad, warning of moderate to intense spells over the next three hours. Two women in Navi Mumbai also survived electric shocks from an exposed wire on a waterlogged road, in a separate incident underscoring the lethal combination of monsoon flooding and unsafe electrical infrastructure across the region.

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