Howrah: A former coaching staff of the Bengal yoga team, Kartik Patra, was accused of forcing a three-and-a-half-year-old girl to perform difficult yoga exercises, leaving her disabled, said cops.
The girl's mother filed a complaint against Patra at Jagatballavpur PS on Friday. The girl's aunt, Ramla Saha, alleged that Patra took a substantial amount of money from the family, promising to make her a national yoga champion.
However, the rigorous and inappropriate exercises led to severe fractures in the child's arms, shoulders and spine. Cops said two emergency surgeries were performed and the girl is currently paralysed, with her limbs unresponsive. The coach is untraceable.