Odisha couple thrash 11-yr-old domestic help, dumps her 20km away with fractures

The couple was arrested after Benudhar Senapati, director of city-based NGO Childline filed a complaint, police said.

Updated on: Dec 7, 2022, 20:19:12 IST

By Debabrata Mohanty

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BHUBANESWAR: A couple in Odisha capital Bhubaneswar has been arrested by police on charges that they beat an 11-year-old girl working as domestic help with an iron rod and dumped her 20km from their house with multiple fractures, people familiar with the matter said.

Benudhar Senapati, director of NGO Childline , said the 11-year-old girl has multiple fractures and injury marks all over her body (File Image)

The couple was arrested after Benudhar Senapati, director of city-based NGO Childline filed a police complaint, police said.

Senapati said the girl was rescued by police and NGO officials from the Salia Sahi slum with multiple injuries on Tuesday afternoon. He said the girl was thrown from a scooter by a person around 4pm.

“She has suffered multiple fractures and has injury marks all over her body. For the last 3 months, she was being beaten by the employer, his wife and their son with an iron rod and sticks,” Senapati said.

On Tuesday morning, Bibhuti Patsani and his wife Sonali Patsani of Kaimatia under Info Valley police station of Bhubaneswar thrashed her again. Bibhuti , who is in the milk distribution business, then brought her to a spot near Salia Sahi on a scooty and dropped her there, said Senapati.

The girl’s mother told reporters that the main accused, Bibhupti Patsani had promised to take care of his daughter and enrol her in a school. “I was unaware that he subjected my daughter to inhuman torture. She told me that her employer thrashed her,” she said.

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Debabrata Mohanty
Debabrata Mohanty is a senior assistant editor of Hindustan Times who works as state correspondent from Odisha covering the state's politics, governance, public policy, natural disasters, environment and its society for close to three decades. With his long years of reporting from the state capital of Bhubaneswar, Mohanty has been known as one of the most experienced and credible journalists covering Odisha for the national English dailies. His reporting combines on-ground detail with deep institutional knowledge detailing the state's changing politics, governance issues, administrative reforms and the functioning of its public institutions. He has regularly reported on issues ranging from legislative developments and public policy implementation. Politics is his core areas of expertise as he closely tracks Odisha's political landscape, including the rise and transformation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the two principal political parties in Odisha. His long association with the state's political establishment enables him to write on contemporary developments in a larger political context. Mohanty takes a deep interest in writing human interest stories, environmental issues and documenting the impact of cyclones, floods, heatwaves, and other climate-related events in one of the most disaster-prone states. His coverage extends to public health, governance reforms and stories on accountability of government institutions. Before joining Hindustan Times, Mohanty worked with The Indian Express, Mail Today, and The Telegraph, where he covered at least six general elections and as many assembly elections. In 2007, he was selected for the prestigious Chevening Young Indian Print Journalist Programme at the University of Lincoln, United Kingdom, where he received advanced training in print journalism. In 2009 he won the Press Institute of India-International Committee of Red Cross award on conflict reporting for his on-ground reportage of 2008 Kandhamal riots.Read More

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