Assam minor housemaid, who was burnt alive at her workplace, was pregnant: Child rights panel
Express News Service GUWAHATI: A 12-year-old Assam housemaid, burnt alive at her workplace, was pregnant, the Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (ASCPCR) said on Saturday. Earlier, the police arrested her employer Prakash Borthakur (70) and his son Nayanmoni (25) of Raha in Nagaon district in connection with the incident. The victim hailed from the adjoining Karbi Anglong district. The ASCPCR said after it had received inputs that the victim was physically and mentally abused regularly by Prakash Barthakur, it instructed the District Magistrate and the SP of Nagaon to arres...