On December 18, the women's panel had received a complaint from a woman who alleged that her daughter-in-law "regularly beats her family".
"The Commission took immediate cognizance of the complaint and directed Mobile Helpline Team of the Commission to visit the home. The counsellor of the Commission met the sister-in-law of the woman who handed over the CCTV footage where the woman can be seen beating the child," said a DCW spokesperson.
In the video, the mother of the child can be seen kicking him and pushing him to the floor till a relative comes to the rescue of the child.
An FIR under 75 JJ Act was lodged today against the child's mother, said a senior police officer.
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The child was medically examined. No arrest has been made in the case so far, police said.
Maliwal expressed anger at the incident and said that the mental condition of the mother needs to be investigated.
"Shocked at brutality of mother. Can't beat animal in manner she beat her own 1.5 year son. Her mental condition needs to be investigated," she tweeted.