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for him that he didn’t like. A friend of the woman heard her screams and called Delhi Commission for Women (DCW). A team found the woman confined to a dark room, lying in a pool of blood.

Coincidently, the staff of Mahila Panchayat Program of DCW was conducting door to door visits in the same area at the time. As the team approached the house, they heard the girl screaming. On inquiring from the neighbours, they were informed that the girl’s brother often beats her up. The team immediately approached their house.

A DCW official said that as its team tried to enter, the brother tried to stop them and hurled abuses at them. However, they managed to push past him to rescue her. The woman was admitted to Safdarjung Hospital. Doctors are waiting for the swelling in her face to subside to properly assess the damage to her eyes.

The woman told DCW officials that she and her brothers had moved to Dwarka from Bihar a few years ago. She also said that her brother is an alcoholic.

Officials said that the brother didn’t like the suit she bought for him, and brutally assaulted her, injuring her eyes too. He then locked her up in their shanty without any medical help while she kept screaming.

The parents of the girl were in their native village at the time of the assault. With great difficulty, they were contacted and have presently returned to support the girl.