India, July 15 -- Little Scholars, the daycare centre at the centre of the Bengaluru infant abuse case, has denied allegations of mistreatment and claimed that two former employees deliberately staged and circulated videos to extort money and damage the institution's reputation. The organisation said the employees were dismissed following a workplace altercation and later orchestrated a campaign to seek revenge and force their reinstatement.

In a statement, the daycare alleged that the dismissed caregivers secretly brought mobile phones into the facility despite strict rules, moved children to areas outside CCTV coverage, and recorded distressing videos involving infants. The management also claimed that an extortion attempt followed, in...