BANGALORE: A 15-year-old domestic help is battling for life after she attempted suicide on Sunday by jumping off the terrace of a three-storey building in Kumara Park, near Seshadripuram.
Lakshmi (name changed) couldn't bear continuous physical abuse and harassment by her employers. She was a stay-at-home maid for over two years with the family of garment entrepreneur Rajesh Jain, his wife Kanchana and their children Jithin and Khushboo.
On Sunday, Khushboo and Jithin, both in their 20s, allegedly assaulted Lakshmi for eating lemon rice prepared for the family. Deciding she couldn't take further humiliation, Lakshmi went to the terrace on the pretext of drying clothes. She climbed the grillwork parapet and leapt off the building. She is in Fortis Hospital.
The 15-year-old domestic hlep (in pic) who leapt off a threestorey building in Seshadripuram is in critical condition now. Lakshmi (name changed) landed on her knee in the frontyard. A neighbour, Menaka, spotted her in a pool of blood and rushed her to Fortis Hospital, Seshadripuram. Lakshmi suffered multiple fractures in her right leg. The other leg, too, has fractures.
The girl showed signs of improvement the next day, but her condition deteriorated on Tuesday. A blood clot in her leg has spread to her head, rendering her unconscious. She's on ventilator.
Lakshmi couldn't bear continuous abuse and harassment by her employers —garment entrepreneur Rajesh Jain, his wife Kanchana and their kids Jithin and Khushboo.
In a statement to the state juvenile protection unit on Sunday, Lakshmi said her employers assaulted her regularly. "She was not allowed to eat the food cooked for the employers. Chapatis were given to her thrice a day. She was thrashed regularly. The girl said she was slapped with sandals and her head banged against the wall on several occasions," said Susan Jacob, social worker with state juvenile protection unit of the city police.
Jithin,who assists his father in his business, has been arrested. Rajesh Jain's relative Ravi told police there were problems with Lakshmi, who stole money from her employers regularly. He denied the family ill-treated the girl.
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Lakshmi (name changed) couldn't bear continuous physical abuse and harassment by her employers. She was a stay-at-home maid for over two years with the family of garment entrepreneur Rajesh Jain, his wife Kanchana and their children Jithin and Khushboo.
On Sunday, Khushboo and Jithin, both in their 20s, allegedly assaulted Lakshmi for eating lemon rice prepared for the family. Deciding she couldn't take further humiliation, Lakshmi went to the terrace on the pretext of drying clothes. She climbed the grillwork parapet and leapt off the building. She is in Fortis Hospital.
The 15-year-old domestic hlep (in pic) who leapt off a threestorey building in Seshadripuram is in critical condition now. Lakshmi (name changed) landed on her knee in the frontyard. A neighbour, Menaka, spotted her in a pool of blood and rushed her to Fortis Hospital, Seshadripuram. Lakshmi suffered multiple fractures in her right leg. The other leg, too, has fractures.
The girl showed signs of improvement the next day, but her condition deteriorated on Tuesday. A blood clot in her leg has spread to her head, rendering her unconscious. She's on ventilator.
Lakshmi couldn't bear continuous abuse and harassment by her employers —garment entrepreneur Rajesh Jain, his wife Kanchana and their kids Jithin and Khushboo.
In a statement to the state juvenile protection unit on Sunday, Lakshmi said her employers assaulted her regularly. "She was not allowed to eat the food cooked for the employers. Chapatis were given to her thrice a day. She was thrashed regularly. The girl said she was slapped with sandals and her head banged against the wall on several occasions," said Susan Jacob, social worker with state juvenile protection unit of the city police.
Jithin,who assists his father in his business, has been arrested. Rajesh Jain's relative Ravi told police there were problems with Lakshmi, who stole money from her employers regularly. He denied the family ill-treated the girl.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Abused-teen-maid-jumps-off-building/articleshow/14814736.cms
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