Man arrested after child maid tortured with chillies
Print Edition
Indian police have arrested a man for allegedly torturing an 11-year-old maid who was forced to eat chillies which were also rubbed on her body, an official said yesterday, in the latest abuse of domestic servants.
Sarjil Ansari, a 38-year-old napkin seller, was arrested at the weekend and his wife, Farhat, was being questioned, said a police officer in Thane district neighboring Mumbai.
The couple bought the girl in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh for 15,000 rupees (US$240) from her parents a year ago, saying she would be well looked after and given a better education, the officer said.
“They used to regularly torture and beat up the girl. The girl complained that she was forced to eat chillies, which were also applied on her body,” he said.
Local media reported that the couple rubbed chillies on the girl’s genitals as punishment.
Neighbors alerted police about possible mistreatment of the girl, whose tasks included looking after the couple’s baby.
She is now in the care of a local non-governmental organization, the officer said.
Last October, a teenage maid in New Delhi was rescued from a home where it was said she was slashed with knives and mauled by dogs.
In 2006, India banned children under 14 from working in households, among other jobs, but this law is widely flouted.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
