A 25-year-old domestic help, who hailed from West Bengal, was allegedly beaten to death by her employers in West Delhi’s Janakpuri area
The victim, identified as Mumtaz Begum, she was brought to a private hospital in the area on Thursday afternoon by two people, one of whom was her woman employer.
“The woman had injury marks on her body and was bleeding profusely. When doctors enquired after the cause of injuries, her employers could not come up with credible answers and slinked away. The hospital authorities then informed us,” said a senior police official.
The victim later succumbed to her injuries in the evening.
Her woman employer was identified as Pooja Kapoor. When police traced her to a house in Block 2 of Subhash Nagar, the residence was found to be padlocked from outside.
locals told police that Pooja often beat Begum, who hailed from West Bengal. She was employed five months ago as a domestic help in the house.
“There were injury marks on her body. The exact cause of death will be known only after a post-mortem, which is expected to take place on Saturday by a medical board. Although we have registered a case of murder, we will proceed only after the autopsy report is out,” said Additional Commissioner of Police (West) Ranvir Singh.
Police have procured the CCTV footage of the hospital to identify the duo that had brought Mumtaz there. Efforts are also being made to contact the victim’s family in West Bengal.