A 14-year-old help was rescued from a businessman's home in Gurgaon
A 14-year-old girl from Jharkhand was found inside a closet in a businessman's home in Gurgaon near Delhi on Wednesday, with signs of severe torture on her body.
The businessman, Sagar Jain, and his wife Sangeeta have both been arrested.
The teenager, now in hospital, has alleged that she was beaten and starved by her employers, a couple with twins.
"They would shut the room and beat me every day, banged my head against the wall, burnt my hands and slashed me with a knife," the girl told NDTV.
"They told me they don't like me."
She was allegedly given only two rotis a day and beaten with a broom by the businessman's wife, who accused her of treating her children badly. She was often beaten unconscious.
Asked whether she tried to run away, she said: "I tried but the door was always locked."
The police say the girl was brought from Jharkhand a year ago by her uncle, who handed her over to the businessman.
She was rescued by activists of the NGO Shakti Vahini, who went to the businessman's home along with the police after a call to a helpline.
When the team visited the house first, they could not find the girl. After another call to the helpline, the police went again and on searching the house, found the girl unconscious, in a closet.
Activists said her legs were swollen and she had marks near her eyes and a deep gash on her back. She was limping when she came out with the police.
This case comes a month after two Nepali women were rescued from the apartment of a Saudi diplomat in Gurgaon. The women, who were working as helps, accused the diplomat of rape and torture.