Banglore, December 30: In a shocking incident of alleged child abuse, a software engineer and his wife were arrested in Bangalore by the city police on charges of torturing their 15-year-old maid.
The girl, rescued from Somasundara Palya, was in a bad state with injuries all over her back and cut marks on her lips. The HSR Layout police raided the apartment of Pallav Chakraborty, an Infosys employee, on a tip-off from an organisation involved in social work.
The organisation complained that the girl was being tortured in the house.
The police said that Chakraborty’s wife Sinchita, a housewife, used to beat the young girl with a leather belt, wooden sticks and other objects over trivial things. Inspector L Y Rajesh said that the couple used to lock the girl inside the apartment all the time and never allowed her out. The girl was also not given proper food.
“Pallav and Sinchita are from Kolkata.
As they knew the victim’s mother who was a maid in their hometown, they convinced the girl’s parents that she would have a lavish life and a good salary in Bangalore,” Rajesh added.
The girl was apparently brought to Bangalore to take care of the couple’s 15-month-old daughter.
The police have arrested Chakraborty and Sinchita and they were booked under the Juvenile Justice Act and other sections of the IPC.
The girl has been shifted to a private hospital in Indranagar. Police said that the girl is still under mental shock, because of severe physical torture. The girl’s family has been informed.
–Agencies