Maid raped, branded with iron, force-fed chillies for shirking work


Maid raped, branded with iron, force-fed chillies for shirking work

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A horrendous story of abject torture meted out to a domestic help has left the Arnala police shocked. A 30-year-old woman who worked as a maid for a family in Bolinj, Virar (West), has


alleged that she was raped, branded with a hot iron and force-fed chillies by her employers to not doing her chores on time. The accused, Liyon Lomba, has been arrested; police say they’ll


arrest his wife, Reema, soon A horrendous story of abject torture meted out to a domestic help has left the Arnala police shocked. A 30-year-old woman who worked as a maid for a family in


Bolinj, Virar (West), has alleged that she was raped, branded with a hot iron and force-fed chillies by her employers to not doing her chores on time. The victim has told the police that the


owner of the house had been sexually exploiting her since 2009, while his wife would often torture her. She finally gathered the courage to complain after the couple threatened to kill her.


The police have arrested the husband, while the wife is absconding. The victim had been working for Liyon and Reema Lomba since 2000, when she was brought from West Bengal by Reema, who


runs a playschool. The victim has alleged that Liyon had raped her after forcing her to drink alcohol and that he had been sexually exploiting for the past five years. "The couple often


poured hot candle wax on her too. Once, when the accused wife found hair in her food, she forced the victim to drink water with hair in it. The victim has also complained that the couple


branded her with hot tongs, mosquito coils and an iron and made her eat spoiled food," said a police officer. "There are injury marks all over her body. She has also suffered


vaginal injuries," the officer added. Liyon has been arrested under section 376 (rape), 328 (causing hurt by means of poison, etc.), 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous


weapons or means), 325 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt), 506 (criminal intimidation), 34 (common intent) of the Indian Penal Code. "We are investigating further and will arrest the


accused woman soon," said an officer.