Bhadohi (Uttar Pradesh): The trouble is brewing for the Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Zahid Jamaal Beg, as police have booked him and his wife for allegedly torturing a minor maid, and abetting the suicide of another, officials said. Police have also detained their son, 27-year-old Zaim Beg, in the case.
Police said the two cases were filed against MLA Beg and his wife, Seema, on Friday and Saturday, after which the couple had allegedly gone missing to escape the arrest.
“The SP MLA and his wife have been booked for harassment of a teenager, abetting suicide, and bonded labour,” a police official told ETV Bharat.
On Sunday, the police went to the MLA's house and detained his son for questioning. The action comes after a 17-year-old housemaid reportedly died by suicide at the MLA's residence last week. However, the SP supporters gathered outside the City Kotwali against the police move.
Bhadohi Police reported that the girl was found hanging under suspicious circumstances at the MLA's home on September 8. The next day, the Chief Welfare Committee (CWC) took cognizance of the incident and asked the Labour Department to initiate a case. The deceased girl had been working at the MLA residence for nine years.
According to officials, the police recovered another teenage girl from the MLA’s residence after which another case was filed against the SP leader and his wife under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) based on the statement by the teenager and her parents.
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