urvashi dhanorkar
Urvashi Dhanorkar has been arrested in Bombay for child abuse. Dhanorkar has been booked and will be brought before the court later on charges that she abused her 10 year old maid.
Under Indian law it is illegal to use those under 14 as domestic help or servants but the practice is still widespread. The maid was brought to Bombay (Mumbai) with the promise of a better life and education than she would get if she had remained in her original home of Amravati.
It is alleged that the child suffered black eyes from being hit (as can be seen in the photo to the right) and that her ahnds were also scalded by having hot (or boiling) water poured over them.
Urvashi Dhanorkar is said to be claiming that the burns happened when a tap misfunctioned and that the black eyes are the result of bee stings.
Dhanorkar will be charged under both the Juvenile Justice Act and the Child Labour Act. One for hiring a maid under age and the other for what are still, of course, allegations, that she abused the child.
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