- By Nidhi Giri
- Wed, 11 Sep 2024 10:41 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
UP: Bhadohi police and Labour Enforcement Department personnel on Tuesday raided Samajwadi Party MLA Zahid Beg's house and rescued a 14-year-old girl engaged in child labour, officials said. The raid took place a day after a domestic help at the MLA’s house was found hanging inside her room.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Meenakshi Katyayan said the domestic help named Nazia had been working in Beg's house for the last eight years and committed suicide on Monday.
The rescued girl was also working as a domestic help in the MLA's house. She has been sent for a medical examination, officials said.
The labour department is in the process of filing a case against the MLA in connection with Nazia's death, and for engaging the minor girl as a domestic help, they added.
Earlier, a 17-year-old girl, who was working as a house help was found dead in Beg's house on Monday, police said. The girl allegedly committed suicide inside the residence of MLA Zahid Beg amid the mysterious circumstances. Police also took the body of the deceased into custody and sent it for post-mortem proceedings, said district Superintendent of Police Meenakshi Katyayan, adding that "probe is being done from every angle. Why the girl committed suicide is a matter of investigation."
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Although the deceased has been identified, the identity can not be disclosed pending the report of postmortem. A Dainik Jagran report stated that she had been working in Beg's house for the last several years and her family lived in Kanshiram Housing in the Mamdev area.