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Pooja Prasanna

Remember the toddler whose death shocked Kerala? This call changes the story

Many of you would have read about 20-month-old Arshith who died in Kerala. Doctors documented around 100 injuries on his tiny body. His step father has been arrested for the crime

But could Arshith have been saved?

TNM has accessed a shocking 16-minute audio of Arshith’s grandmother pleading with the District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) — weeks before his death.

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