Latest News | Anti-Human Trafficking Unit Books SP MLA, Wife After Teen Maid's Body Found in House

Bhadohi (UP), Sep 14 (PTI) The police's Anti-Human Trafficking Unit on Saturday registered a case against a Samajwadi Party MLA and his wife, days after the body a teenage domestic help was recovered from their home in this Uttar Pradesh district.

The minor girl was found hanging from a noose in Samajwadi Party's Bhadohi MLA Zahid Beg's residence on Monday.

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Superintendent of Police Meenakshi Katyayan said the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit initiated an investigation following the girl's death and the subsequent rescue of a 17-year-old girl working at the MLA's residence.

"Based on the findings, a case has been registered against Zahid Beg and his wife Seema Beg under Section 108 of the Bonded Labour System (Prohibition) Act," said the officer.

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The labour department also initiated proceedings against the MLA and his wife on Friday. The investigation into both cases has been entrusted to crime inspector Shatanshu Shekhar Pankaj, said Katyayan.

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