Gurugram:
A 13-year-old girl who worked as a domestic help was allegedly beaten up, bitten by a dog and forced to undress by the family she works for in Gurgaon's Sector 57, police said on Saturday.
According to the girl's mother's complaint, in the house where the girl worked, the woman often beat her with an iron bar and a hammer, while her two sons made her undress, filmed her naked and touched her inappropriately. said.
The girl, who was held captive in a room with her mouth taped up, was released today when her mother went there with her employer.
The mother said in her complaint that her daughter was fed only once in 48 hours and that her mouth was taped so she could not raise the alarm, police said.
Her employers allegedly poured acid on her hands and threatened to kill her if she told anyone about her ordeal, read the FIR lodged at the Sector 51 Women's Police Station.
The girl's mother, a native of Bihar, said she had given her daughter a job at Shashi Sharma's house in Sector 57 on June 27 with the help of a person who cleans vehicles in the area.
The family wanted the girl to stay with them and offered to pay Rs 9,000 per month, an amount the mother got only for the first two months.
“I met my daughter several times but was not allowed to meet her or speak to her on the phone,” she said, adding that she was only able to file the complaint with the help of her employer, who accompanied her to rescue her daughter. .
Following the complaint, Shashi Sharma and her two sons were charged with animal cruelty, causing hurt, outraging the modesty of women and criminal intimidation.
The three were also charged under Section 10 of the POCSO Act and Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act, police said.
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