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GUWAHATI: The state child rights body, Assam State Commission For Protection Of Child Rights (ASCPCR), on Saturday said that the minor was “pregnant” before she was allegedly set ablaze her employers on Thursday.
According to the police, the 12-year-old Karbi girl, who was employed as a domestic help at a house in Nagaon district, was allegedly burnt to death which led to the arrest of a 70-year-old man and his 25-year-old son. The former is the head of the family.
ASCPCR chairperson Dr Sunita Changkakati told TOI that the neighbours informed the commission that the victim was “regularly physically and mentally abused by the accused before she was killed”.
The 12-year-old tribal girl was allegedly not allowed to go home, police said.
A 12-year-old domestic help who was allegedly burnt alive by her employers on April 22 was pregnant, the Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (ASCPCR) has said.
The girl, a tribal from central Assam’s West Karbi Anglong district was working at the house of Prakash Borthakur of Khaighar village under Raha Police Station in the adjoining Nagaon district.
Police arrested the 70-year-old man and his 25-year-old son in connection with the alleged murder. The employer allegedly did not let her go home for a long time.