A two-month-old baby boy, under the care of Shishu Gruha in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district, died on the night of October 2, allegedly because of staff negligence. However, the authorities have denied such claims, stating that the infant passed away due to ill health.

Reports suggest that the baby died due to the staff’s internal quarrels over duty allocations and that they failed to feed him, causing the boy to starve. However, the officials in charge have stated that the child was underweight and suffering from health problems for the past few days.

According to ICDS project director Nagamani, the child care centre currently operates with only four staff members.

One of them stopped coming to duty since September 30 after a dispute with others. Since it was Dasara , another st

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