BJP suspended leader Seema Patra arrested accused of torture and hostage to maid

Jharkhand News: In Jharkhand, Ranchi Police has arrested Seema Patra, wife of suspended BJP leader and former IAS officer, for torturing a maid. A case was registered against Seema at Argora police station. Earlier, Ranchi Police had reported that the police team on August 22 rescued a 29-year-old woman working as a domestic help at the residence of a former IAS officer after she was allegedly physically tortured by her employer. The victim is currently undergoing treatment.

Earlier, the National Commission for Women (NCW) had demanded the arrest of the wife of a former IAS officer for allegedly harassing her domestic help. The commission also demanded a fair investigation and better treatment of the victim in the stipulated time frame of this case.

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The NCW had said that according to media reports, Seema Patra, wife of former IAS officer Maheshwar Patra, attacked and harassed her domestic help. According to reports, Seema Patra used to keep him hungry and thirsty for several days, he allegedly broke his teeth by hitting him with an iron rod.

It is alleged that Seema Patra started doing third degree torture on Maid Sunita, who worked in the house, then her young son Ayushman Patra protested. On this, Seema Patra declared her son as a psychopath and admitted him to Ranchi's famous mental hospital Rinpas. It was to such an extent that he had forcibly admitted him here by putting shackles in the hands of the son. On Monday, when the news of Sunita's torture was published, she has got her son released from here in a hurry.