Click to play videoMumbai: In Mumbai, a 10-year-old girl was made to work as a housemaid and allegedly beaten up and burnt by her employer - a small screen actor.
Actor Urvashi Dhanorkar reportedly brought the child to Mumbai from Amravati in May on the pretext of adopting her and providing her education. But the child was allegedly beaten up, held captive for over three months and burnt with a hot object.
The child labour and abuse victim, says, "I was brought to Mumbai saying that I would get education but she didn't do that. They hit me with a hook in my eyes and burnt me with a hot spoon."
It was only when residents in the housing society grew suspicious that that they complained to the police and took the child for a medical check-up.
Police have now registered a case against Urvashi Dhanorkar under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Child Labour Act IPC Section 324, RW Section 23 and 26. Child Labour Act.
The Chairman of the Raheja Classic Housing Society - where the actress lives - Bindu Bhosle says, "I thought it would be a normal servant-master dispute but when I saw the girl, looking at her injury marks we knew something was fishy."
Sandhya Bajaj of the National Commission for the Protection of Child's Rights has also condemned the incident.
However, Urvashi Dhanorkar's lawyer, Nitin Satpute said, "The case is false. On the fifth, the girl had opened a hot water tap so her hand got burned. She is from the village so she didn't know about it. She had a bee sting a few days back, so she had a swelling on her face. She is on some medication so that had a reaction on her face. Some social workers took advantage of the little girl and are saying that my client has ill-treated her."
The incident has evoked sharp reaction from various quarters with Maharashtra Labour Minister Nawab Malik saying the government would ensure that the victim gets justice.
Urvashi was arrested late last night from her residence after a complaint was registered against her. She was produced before a local court today which granted her bail on a personal bond of Rs 10,000.
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