With Bahujan Samaj Party MP Dhananjay Singh’s wife arrested for alleged murder of her maid in New Delhi on Tuesday, two close relatives of a senior Samajwadi Party leader have been booked for torturing their domestic help, a mother and her teenage daughter, for three days in Beheri area of Bareilly.
According to police reports, the servants were tortured by one Aquib and his sister Faizul, a close relative of SP leader Haji Babbu after some jewellery went missing from their house. The woman and her daughter were tortured for three days after being held captive inside the house. They were also burnt with candles. Both the mother and her daughter were admitted to the district hospital on Monday night, after they were released by the accused.
An FIR has been registered against Aquib, Faizul and one more.Police was investigating the case.