Husband and wife who molested 17-year-old girl in Gurugram lost their jobs

A Gurugram couple arrested for allegedly harassing and sexually assaulting a minor domestic help have been terminated from their jobs. On Thursday, the police started looking for the placement agency through which the minor girl was hired as a domestic help. The woman used to work for the accused woman public relations agency and her husband was working in an insurance company. Both the institutes took to Twitter to inform about his dismissal.

A healthcare worker said that on Thursday an official from Jharkhand Bhawan in Delhi also visited the civil hospital to meet the girl. According to the complaint filed by Pinky Malik, in-charge of the Sakhi centre, the girl from Jharkhand's Ranchi was hired through a placement agency. The couple made her work and also beat her mercilessly.

Police arrested Manish Khattar (36) and his wife Kamaljit Kaur (34), residents of New Colony here on Wednesday. Later the police had said that several injury marks were found on the girl's hands, feet and mouth. According to the FIR, the age of the girl is 17 years. The accused Manish Khattar and his wife Kamaljit Kaur were produced in a city court on Wednesday. The court sent Khattar to police remand for two days, while Kaur was sent to judicial custody.