Last Updated: August 31, 2022, 10:04 IST
Seema Patra (L) was suspended by BJP after a video of the girl, Sunita, narrating her ordeal, went viral on social media with calls for for her arrest.
Seema Patra, now suspended from BJP, had allegedly stored the girl captive in her residence in Ranchi’s posh Ashok Nagar space for a number of years
Jharkhand Police on Wednesday arrested suspended BJP chief Seema Patra over allegations of torturing her 29-year-old tribal assist Sunita. A case has been registered towards Patra, spouse of an ex-IAS officer for torturing her maid, at Argora police station.
Seema Patra had allegedly stored the girl captive in her residence in Ranchi’s posh Ashok Nagar space for a number of years. Patra was suspended by BJP after a video of the girl, recognized as Sunita, narrating her ordeal, went viral on social media with calls for for Patra’s arrest.
Acting on a tip-off from a authorities worker, the Ranchi Police had rescued the girl from Patra’s residence final week and recorded her assertion on Tuesday earlier than a Justice of the Peace.
The lady is at the moment present process therapy at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) Ranchi.
The arrest of the suspended BJP chief comes a day after Governor Ramesh Bais requested DGP Neeraj Sinha as to why no motion has been taken towards her.
(With PTI inputs)
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