The woman pilot who was arrested for allegedly assaulting a minor domestic help in Delhi’s Dwarka has been sent to judicial custody till August 2 by a court, police said on Thursday.
The accused have been identified as Poornima Bagchi (33) and her husband Kaushik Bagchi (36).
A senior police officer said Poornima was produced before a court on Wednesday, which sent her to judicial custody.
Metropolitan Magistrate Kratika Chaturvedi sent Kaushik Bagchi (36) to jail till August 2 after he was produced in court around 3 pm on Thursday.
The 10-year-old girl working as a domestic help at the woman’s house was allegedly beaten up by her and her husband on Wednesday, following which a group of agitated people manhandled the couple.
The woman works as a pilot with a private airline while her husband is deployed with the ground staff of another private airline.
After the alleged incident of the minor’s beating came to light, the couple was confronted by the victim’s relatives and others who also manhandled them.
The relatives of a 10-year-old domestic help, who was allegedly thrashed by her employer in southwest Delhi’s Dwarka, claimed the minor was often hit with hot iron tongs and demanded strict action against the accused.
They said the girl was employed to take care of the accused couple’s child but was also made to do household work.
