Delhi: domestic help stripped, beaten up after occultist tags her thief; she consumed poison, say police

In a shocking crime reported from the national capital, a woman working as a domestic help was allegedly stripped and beaten up by her employers.

The 43-year-old reportedly claimed that she was humiliated and thrashed to make her confess that she stole some jewellery at the house. All this was done at the behest of an occultist, as per Delhi police who found out about the case on 10 August when the domestic help was admitted at a hospital after consuming a poisonous substance.

One woman was arrested in connection with the case on 15 August, and police are searching for the others.

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The victim claimed that her employers called an occultist on 9 August to find out who had stolen jewellery 10 months ago. The occultist gave the servants rice and limestone powder and said that the person's whose mouth turns red, is the thief.

This is how the victim claimed she was declared the culprit and then physically assaulted. She claims that she consumed poison because of the humiliation.

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