Suspended BJP leader Seema Patra, accused of torturing tribal domestic help, arrested

Suspended BJP leader Seema Patra, accused of torturing domestic help, has been arrested.

Suspended BJP leader Seema Patra, accused of torturing domestic help, has been arrested. The Jharkhand BJP has suspended Seema Patra after it came to the fore that she held her domestic help hostage in her house and tortured her.

Seema Patra was booked for torturing the tribal woman while the latter was employed as a maid at her home. The maid, identified as Sunita, was allegedly made to clean the toilet with her tongue. Patra is the wife of former IAS officer Maheshwar Patra.

The National Commission for Women took a cognizance of reports of Seema Patra harassing her domestic help in Jharkhand.

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In a statement, NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma said that the panel has written to DGP, Jharkhand, to arrest the accused if the allegations leveled are found to be true.

“The Commission has also written for a fair and time-bound investigation in the matter,” Rekha Sharma had said.