Domestic help attacks former employer over salary in Noida, arrested
Noida: A 36-year-old domestic help was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly attacking his former employer, an elderly woman, with a sharp object in Sector 36 here over a dispute related to salary, police said.
The accused, identified as Mahendra of Amethi, had left the job over the issue of salary hike in 2017, they said, adding the woman escaped with minor injuries in the attack.
Police registered a case in connection with the incident and arrested the accused on Wednesday.
Jitendra Kumar Singh, in-charge of Sector 39 police station in Noida, told PTI, "Binu Kakkar, a resident of Sector 36, lodged a police complaint on Tuesday night that her mother-in-law was attacked by an unknown man when she was alone at home."
Acting on the complaint, police arrested Mahendra, Singh said.
During interrogation, the accused told police that he had worked as a domestic help in the house of the woman till 2016 and left the work after some dispute related to the hike in salary, the police officer added.
"When Mahendra visited the house on Tuesday, the elderly woman was alone and then he attacked her," Singh said.
Further probe is on in the case, police said.
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Man arrested for for raping mute woman in Jamshedpur
Jamshedpur (PTI): One person was arrested on the charge of raping a 30-year-old woman with speech impairment in Jamshedpur, a police officer said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred in the Azadnagar police station area of the city, and a case in this regard was registered based on the statement of the victim's brother on Monday.
The victim had gone to fetch water from the premises of a company on Monday evening. When she did not return even after a considerable time, family members went out in search of her and caught the accused red-handed, police said.
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The accused was a caretaker of the company.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (Patamda) Bachandeo Kujjur said due to scarcity of water in the area, the victim used to fetch water from the premises of the company.
