Pilot accused of brutally abusing child domestic help with hot tongs
New Delhi, July 20: A shocking incident of child abuse came to light in southwest Delhi's Dwarka, where a 10-year-old domestic help was allegedly thrashed and subjected to cruel treatment by her employer. The accused couple, Kaushik Bagchi (36) and his wife Poornima Bagchi (33), have been arrested by the police for their alleged involvement in the abuse.
The young girl was employed to take care of the couple's child but was also burdened with household chores. The victim's family, who lived nearby in JJ Colony, was unaware of the abuse she was enduring during her two months of employment.
The horrifying incident came to the attention of the girl's aunt, who chanced upon Poornima beating the child on the balcony while passing by the apartment for work on a Wednesday morning. The aunt immediately alerted others and confronted the couple at their residence. After causing a commotion, they finally let the child out of the house.
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The victim, shivering and tearful, narrated her harrowing ordeal to her relatives. She revealed that Poornima would force her to do all the work and resort to physical abuse whenever she made a mistake. The woman allegedly used hot tongs or hot irons to inflict burns as a form of punishment. The girl's hands bore multiple burn marks, and she had bruises on her eyes and body.
Furthermore, the child claimed that she had been left starving for several days and was given stale food. A recent incident involved the accused woman burning the girl's arm with a hot iron when she accidentally damaged her uniform while ironing it.
Upon medical examination, it was found that some of the burn marks were old, while other injuries were fresh. However, it is yet to be determined if the burn marks were caused during her stay with the couple.
The victim's relatives have demanded strict action against the accused couple and expressed their anguish over the ordeal the young girl had to endure. The parents of the child, who hail from a village in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, were out of town due to a family member's sudden demise but are expected to return on Thursday.
Following the incident's exposure, a mob of the girl's relatives confronted the accused couple and resorted to violence against them. In a video capturing the incident, some women were seen slapping and pulling the hair of Poornima, who was in her pilot's uniform, while Kaushik attempted to shield her.
The incident has sparked outrage and calls for justice for the abused child. The authorities have assured a thorough investigation, and the accused couple will face legal consequences for their alleged heinous actions.
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- With inputs from agencies
