The lady was allegedly overwhelmed with sizzling tongs and sticks by the couple
Gurugram:
A 13-year-old home assist was rescued from her employer’s home in Gurugram late final night the place she suffered horrific abuse over the previous few months, the police mentioned.
The lady, who’s from Jharkhand, was discovered with wounds throughout her physique, officers mentioned, including she has been admitted to a hospital for therapy.
Medical doctors are additionally conducting her medical examination to determine if she was sexually assaulted, it is learnt.
The lady was allegedly overwhelmed with sizzling tongs and sticks by the couple, sources mentioned. Preliminary investigation suggests the couple would starve and thrash the lady accusing her of “not working correctly” and stealing meals.
“She was not given meals for days. The teenager used to eat leftover meals from the dustbin,” an official mentioned.
The lady was rescued by the police following a criticism filed by a Gurugram-based NGO. The NGO contacted police after a Twitter thread on the lady’s situation by an activist went viral yesterday.
The pictures shared by activist Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj present the lady with bruises and burn accidents on her brow, lips, cheeks and arms.
This 14 yr previous lady has been brutally overwhelmed up by an informed couple in Gurgaon. No physique half that is not tortured. They reduce her, beat her, burnt her with chimta. She needed to eat meals from dustbin. She was rescued after i raised an SOS & approached @PreetiBDalal@cmohry@NCPCR_pic.twitter.com/qiWYTOwnxe
— Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj (@DeepikaBhardwaj) February 7, 2023
She was employed by the couple a couple of months in the past via a placement company to deal with their three-month-old daughter.
The couple has been arrested and a case registered underneath Juvenile Justice (Care and Safety of Kids) Act and Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences or POCSO Act amongst different prices.
The lady’s pictures, that are in broad circulation on social media now, have evoked robust reactions. Sources say the arrested girl has been sacked by the organisation she labored for.