TNN | Apr 18, 2012, 02.36AM IST
NEW DELHI: A day after a maid was admitted to Safdarjung Hospital with severe injuries, a criminal case has been registered against her employers. The 20-year-old woman had alleged that her employer and his mother thrashed her after she could not wash the clothes properly as she was unwell. The case was lodged on Tuesday evening after the medical report of the victim came in.
According to the report, the woman's shoulder has been fractured. She has also been diagnosed with tuberculosis, police said. "We have registered a case of 'voluntarily causing grievous injuries' against her employer Amit Khurana (35) and his mother Saroj Khurana (62) under Section 325 of IPC," said V Renganathan, additional CP (west). No arrest has been made so far, police said. The accused live in the Rajouri Garden area of west Delhi, said police.
Her employers though maintained they were being framed and that they had sent the woman with her relatives as she was unwell. "The employers said they had taken in writing from the woman's brother-in-law that she was not well and he was taking her ," said a senior cop.
The victim's brother-in-law, Prem Chand, told TOI that the woman had been hit with a wooden baton used to wash clothes on April 13. "Her employers took her to a private clinic and got her first aid. But her condition deteriorated. The next day, her employer called me and asked me to take her to a hospital. They also made me sign a paper, which I could not understand as it was in English," he said.
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According to the report, the woman's shoulder has been fractured. She has also been diagnosed with tuberculosis, police said. "We have registered a case of 'voluntarily causing grievous injuries' against her employer Amit Khurana (35) and his mother Saroj Khurana (62) under Section 325 of IPC," said V Renganathan, additional CP (west). No arrest has been made so far, police said. The accused live in the Rajouri Garden area of west Delhi, said police.
Her employers though maintained they were being framed and that they had sent the woman with her relatives as she was unwell. "The employers said they had taken in writing from the woman's brother-in-law that she was not well and he was taking her ," said a senior cop.
The victim's brother-in-law, Prem Chand, told TOI that the woman had been hit with a wooden baton used to wash clothes on April 13. "Her employers took her to a private clinic and got her first aid. But her condition deteriorated. The next day, her employer called me and asked me to take her to a hospital. They also made me sign a paper, which I could not understand as it was in English," he said.
Link: Man, mother booked for battering maid
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