NEW YORK: In a horrific incident, a two-year old Indian-origin child was burned by his nanny with a curling iron and the incident was captured by a security camera leading to her arrest, according to media reports quoting police.

Police arrested Nxumalo, 21, on Thursday and charged her with assault and endangering the welfare of a child, according to media reports. The alleged incident took place while the parents were at work and the nanny was looking after the baby.

Earlier, the baby’s mother, Angela Persaud, noticed the signs of the burning on little Alexander’s hand and feet and checked the security camera video in their home in the New York suburb of Baldwin, television reports stated on Friday.

Describing what she saw on the security camera video, Persaud said that the nanny "pulled out the curling iron several times. She heated it up. You see her showing him that it`s going to be hot, and, a I am going to use it on you. You see her yelling at him. You see her grab him a few times."

As soon as Persaud saw the recording, she called the police. Local news sources reported that according to court documents, the woman admitted to the attack, saying, "The child wouldn`t listen. I wanted to discipline him using the iron, so I burned him."

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