A 14-year-old girl from Jharkhand hired by a couple to look after their child in New Colony was saved by a joint police and Sakhi, a one-stop crisis centre, team, according to officials on Tuesday.
The couple, who are employed by private businesses, is accused of tormenting and harassing the child sexually for months. She had several wounds on her hands, feet, and mouth, according to the authorities. According to reports, the couple thrashed the girl with hot tongs and sticks. According to the preliminary inquiry, the pair would starve and beat the girl while blaming her for "not working correctly" and stealing food.
The girl is from Ranchi (Jharkhand), according to the complaint made by Pinky Malik, the Sakhi center's in-charge, was hired via a hiring agency.
Minor girl was forced to labour, had injury marks all over her body
She was forced to labour and subjected to daily brutal beatings by the couple. They didn't let her eat, and they didn't let her sleep the entire night. Malik claimed that she had extensive injury marks all over her body and that her mouth was fully swollen.
The young woman is very ill and has been admitted to a hospital.
The couple had hired the girl to look after their 3 and half year old daughter
According to preliminary findings, the couple hired the girl to look after their three-and-a-half-year-old kid five months ago. She was regularly beaten at this time by both the wife and the husband. The police reported that she was also sexually harassed.
The young woman used to consume trash-bin leftovers whenever she was not served food.
At the New Colony police station, an FIR has been filed against the couple under sections 323 (causing harm), 342 (wrongful confinement), and pertinent portions of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act and the POCSO Act.
The couple will be arrested shortly, according to SHO Dinkar of the New Colony police station.
The woman has been fired by her employers
As per the Twitter user the woman used to work with Media Mantra, and was using the owner Udit Sagar Pathak's influence at the police station, this was brought to his notice on Twitter. After this he replied on Twitter that Kaur has been sacked with immediate effect from her job.
(With agency inputs)
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