Indian lawmaker in police custody over maid’s death
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A New Delhi court yesterday ordered an Indian lawmaker and his wife to be held in police custody over the alleged torture death of a maid at their home.
Dhananjay Singh, a lawmaker from the regional Bahujan Samaj Party, and his dentist wife were arrested late Tuesday over the death of their 35-year-old maid who had allegedly been brutally assaulted.
“The offences are serious in nature,” Judge Dheeraj Mittal said as he ordered the couple to be detained for five days.
The maid was alleged to have suffered massive injuries to her head, stomach, arms and chest while working at the couple’s house.
The lawmaker’s wife Jagriti Singh was being held on suspicion of murder and wrongful confinement after the maid’s death.
The lawmaker faces two other murder charges in unrelated cases. He was being held for allegedly destroying evidence by removing surveillance footage from 20 cameras installed in the couple’s house, senior Delhi police official Mukesh Kumar Meena told reporters.
The lawmaker denied any wrongdoing over the maid’s death, saying he was away at his Uttar Pradesh state constituency at the time of the death. On reaching Delhi, he immediately informed police.
Another servant told police Jagriti had been regularly beating the three domestic helps including the maid over petty issues. According to the servant, the maid was beaten with sticks and antlers for several months and died after being burnt with hot iron rods and kicked repeatedly by the wife.
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