She danced while beating us up,made us drink urine,help tells magistrate

Meena,in her statement before the magistrate on Wednesday,gave a detailed account of the traumatic year she spent in house no.175,South Avenue.

“Woh humen marte hue khushi se nachti thi (She used to dance with joy while beating us up),” Meena said.

Meena,who sustained severe burn injuries on her buttocks,hands,legs and feet,is currently undergoing treatment at RML hospital.

She reportedly told the magistrate that she was treated worse than an animal for the year that she was confined in the house,under the watch of 20 CCTV cameras.

Meena also said her hair was chopped off with a blade,injuries inflicted on her private parts and her feet,the source said.

“Meena in her statement said Jagriti used to dance around the house while beating them up with hot iron rods. When the servants begged for forgiveness,she ignored them,” the officer said.

“According to Meena’s statement,the helps used to take care of Jagriti’s four-year-old son. If ever she found her son crying while Meena was giving him a bath,she used to ask her son to urinate and then force Meena to drink it,” the officer said.

Meena,who hails from 24 Parganas district,West Bengal told the magistrate that she was not given food or water if she committed the slightest of error and most helps were not paid their salaries.

According to police,Meena also told the magistrate that Jagriti made her lick up food from a plate.

Jagriti reportedly spat in her meals,she is learnt to have stated.

During questioning,police said Jagriti admitted to having ill-treated her helps. Police said the reason for her cruel behaviour was that she felt slighted.

“She felt that the servants were teasing her by not obeying her and by not abiding by the time table that she had set for them. This used to enrage her and she used to beat them up,” the officer said.

According to Meena’s statement,Jagriti had a time table for helps.

“He used to wake us up at 3.50 am. At 4 am,she would delegate work to us and go back to sleep. Then,she would wake up at 8 am to see if the work has been done. A slight error would mean no food throughout the day… She used to beat us up using antelope horns,” Meena is learnt to have said.