Suspended BJP leader Seema Patra arrested in Jharkhand for allegedly torturing tribal help: Police sources | India News
NEW DELHI: Ranchi police on Wendesday arrested Seema Patra, suspended BJP leader and wife of ex-IAS officer Maheshwar Patra for torturing her maid. The case was registered at Argora police station, the police said.
Acting on a tip-off from a government employee, the Ranchi Police had rescued the 29-year-old woman working as a domestic help at the residence of an-ex IAS officer on August 22 and recorded her statement on Tuesday before a magistrate after she was allegedly physically tortured by her employer, sources said.
According to media reports, Seema Patra brutally assaulted and harassed their house help, the NCW said.
Patra kept her maid hungry and thirsty for days and reportedly also broke her teeth with an iron rod and thrashed her regularly.
Patra was suspended by BJP after a video of the woman, Sunita, narrating her ordeal, went viral on social media with demands for Patra’s arrest.
Governor Ramesh Bais too on Tuesday asked DGP Neeraj Sinha as to why no action has been taken against suspended BJP leader.
The woman is currently undergoing medical treatment, the police said. Members of various tribal outfits visited Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) and met her on Tuesday.
(With inputs from agencies)
Acting on a tip-off from a government employee, the Ranchi Police had rescued the 29-year-old woman working as a domestic help at the residence of an-ex IAS officer on August 22 and recorded her statement on Tuesday before a magistrate after she was allegedly physically tortured by her employer, sources said.
According to media reports, Seema Patra brutally assaulted and harassed their house help, the NCW said.
Patra kept her maid hungry and thirsty for days and reportedly also broke her teeth with an iron rod and thrashed her regularly.
Patra was suspended by BJP after a video of the woman, Sunita, narrating her ordeal, went viral on social media with demands for Patra’s arrest.
Governor Ramesh Bais too on Tuesday asked DGP Neeraj Sinha as to why no action has been taken against suspended BJP leader.
The woman is currently undergoing medical treatment, the police said. Members of various tribal outfits visited Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) and met her on Tuesday.
(With inputs from agencies)
