New Delhi:
A 15-year-old girl, working as a domestic help in south Delhi's posh Vasant Kunj area, was rescued on Monday after being allegedly brutalised by her employers for almost a year.
The police, which rescued the teenager after a tip off from a neighbour, say she has a deep gash on her head, which was caused by a knife. She also has knife injuries on her hands. The knife injuries are at least three to four months old, they say. (
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The teenager in her statement to the police has said, her employers, a woman in her fifties and her 85-year-old mother, unhappy with her work, used to beat her up every day.
She says she was brought to Delhi by her aunt a year ago from Jharkhand and since then she was beaten almost regularly with a stick or a broom and punched and kicked. Her employers would also injure her with a knife, the teen said, adding her employers did not let her go back home when she wanted to.
Badly injured, the 15-year-old has been admitted in the Safdarjung Hospital.
"There are serious injuries on her body but the nature of injuries will be ascertained only after the medical report", said Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) BS Jaiswal.
The police have registered a case of assault and illegal confinement against the employer Vandana Dhir, who works at a private company in Noida. Sections of bonded labour have also been included in the First Information Report (FIR).