New Delhi, Jan 13 (PTI) A teenage domestic help, who wasallegedly brutally assaulted by her employer, was rescued bythe Delhi Commission For Women (DCW) from northwest Delhi'sModel Town.
The DCW received a call on its helpline-181 yesterdayabout a girl being illegally confined to a house in ModelTown.
A DCW team along with police men reached the house wherethe girl was allegedly being kept in illegal confinement, aDCW statement read.
The girl was rescued and her employer, a doctor, wasarrested.
The girl belongs to Ranchi, Jharkhand. Members of aplacement agency had brought her to Delhi.
She was "physically and mentally tortured, confined tothe house and not paid any money", said the DCW.
The girl alleged her lady employer beat her up every day.
The employer poured hot water on her and branded with ahot iron, she alleged.
The doctor had even bitten her, the girl told police.
The girl was not given food for days, according to theDCW.
Police said they have arrested the employer and arelooking for members of the placement agency who brought herfrom Ranchi to Delhi. PTI SLB PLBGVS.
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