Police rescue girl, 13, 'beaten by her air-hostess employer'

Another brutalised teenager was rescued by police in south Delhi's Sarojini Nagar area (file picture)

Almost a month after a grievously injured victim of domestic violence was rescued from her employer Vandana Dheer's house in Vasant Kunj, another brutalised teenager was rescued on Monday in south Delhi's Sarojini Nagar area.



The 13-year-old victim hails from Imphal, Manipur, and it is alleged that she was regularly beaten up and kept locked in the house by her employer Phebe, an air hostess.

In her statement to the police, the girl said she had been staying with Phebe at her rented two-bedroom house in Netaji Nagar, for the past two years.



Police sources said Phebe is yet to be arrested as she is working in Australia.

"The victim was locked up in the house since Sunday. She alleged that she was regularly beaten by Phebe in an inebriated condition without any reason," a police officer said.



She was not allowed to talk to her family, and was not paid.



All the rooms in the house were locked by Phebe, but the girl somehow managed to break open her room's door on Monday. She then went to the terrace of the first-floor house through a private door and knocked on the neighbour's terrace entrance door.



According to the neighbour, Pratibha, the girl asked for help. "I let her into my house and then she went to a nearby market... Phebe is around 22-23 years old, but she hardly interacts with anyone in the neighbourhood," Pratibha added.



The teenager made a call to the police around 1pm from the market. A police control room van arrived at the house and took her to AIIMS Trauma Centre.

