Panel slams cops for poor probe in maid torture case

The duo have been charged under sections 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 374 (unlawful compulsory labour) and 338 (causing grievous hurt) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and various sections of the Juvenile Justice Act.
While the husband has been arrested, the wife is still at large.

The victim is currently under the care of a children’s home in Bhiwandi.
“Why haven’t you arrested both? Why have you not issued a lookout notice for the second accused (the woman) in this case? Why has an application not been submitted to the court to attach their property?” the commission asked the police Thursday.

The panel has now directed the Thane police commissioner to depute a police team, consisting of a senior police inspector, so that appropriate action is taken and the accused woman is traced and arrested. The commission has also directed the Mira Road police station to submit a diary report to it, which should include details of the investigation done so far and steps taken to trace and nab the accused.

The police informed MSCPCR that they had been to the village of the accused and also submitted a letter to the superintendent of police there.

The commission has also directed the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) in Thane to write a letter to the collector and superintendent of police of the district to which the girl belongs to, and get details about the victim and try and search for her parents or guardian.

A resident of the society, where the accused lived, had claimed the duo had paid Rs 15,000 to the victim’s parents to bring her to Mumbai.

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