Camellias resident booked for assaulting house help after video goes viral: Cop

Police said the exact date of the incident is unclear, but it is suspected to have taken place in July last week

A resident of DLF Camellias located on Golf Course Road in Sector-42, Gurugram was booked for allegedly assaulting her house help after a video of the incident surfaced on social media platforms, police said on Monday.

Investigators said the couple even made the house help sign documents stating she did not want any legal action against the employer. (Representative Photo/Unsplash)

Investigators said neither a complainant nor the victim had appeared before the police to report the incident.

However, police took suo-motu action based on the video and registered a first information report (FIR) against the woman employer under section 115 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Sushant Lok police station on Sunday night.

Police said the exact date of the incident is unclear, but it is suspected to have taken place in July last week.

A senior police officer said someone from another apartment in the society recorded an almost a minute and half long clip of the incident in which the woman could be seen assaulting the house help multiple times by slapping and pulling her hair in the kitchen through its window.

“It has come to light that after the woman and her husband, a liquor businessman, came to know that a video in the public domain. Immediately, they sent house help back to her hometown in Nepal,” officer said.

Investigators said the couple even made the house help sign documents stating she did not want any legal action against the employer and instead wanted legal steps taken against the person who circulated her video on social media platforms by recording it clandestinely without her permission.

Sandeep Turan, public relations of Gurugram police, said an investigation has been launched in the case. “Attempts are underway to get in touch with the victim to ascertain what had unfolded at the apartment for further necessary legal action,” he added.