A 38-year-old woman at Kumakwane’s Botlhapapelo ward has been arrested by the police after she reportedly tied her teenage daughter’s hands and legs with a rope and cut her ear with a piece of broken glass.
It is alleged that after she tied her daughter’s hands, she continued assaulting her with a stick and wooden plank on the head leaving her with a wound and another cut on the thumb.
Thamaga police station commander, Superintendent Moses Kwarare confirmed that they received a report from the 16-year-old girl and arrested the mother who is helping them with investigations.
“The incident occurred on December 28th, 2022 and the girl has since been treated and discharged from hospital. She is undergoing counselling and upon completion of investigations that’s when it will be decided if the matter goes to court,” explained Superintendent Kwarare noting that they have kept the girl at a place of safety.
It is alleged that the cruel mother had accused her daughter of stealing her property including a stove, pots and clothes.
Upon questioning her daughter who had been away from home for some days visiting relatives in Molepolole, the girl denied any knowledge of the theft and that was when the mother brutally punished her.
Superintendent Kwarare advised parents to find amicable ways of resolving family disputes without taking the law into their hands.
“It’s not wrong to rebuke a child but it should be done in a proper way without causing any physical harm,” concluded the police boss.
