Police arrest husband wife duo for allegedly pouring hot water on minor domestic help

Dr Siddhi Prasad Deori and his wife Mitali Konwar were arrested by Nagaon and Dibrugarh police from Raha late Saturday night. They were arrested while they were travelling from Guwahati in a Innova vehicle AS06V-3839. Both were wanted by the police on charges of allegedly pouring hot water on their 12 year old domestic help.Siddhi Prasad Deuri, a doctor of Assam Medical College and Hospital in Dibrugarh and his wife Mitali Konwar, Principal of Moran College, have been on the run since the incident came to light.

“On Saturday evening we received information about them and so in Raha toll gate, we set up a naka and arrested the couple from Raha. They were travelling to Dibrugarh from Guwahati,” said the investigating Police Officer.

It may be mentioned that a case had been lodged by the Dibrugarh police against the doctor for allegedly pouring hot water on the face of a minor domestic help. The incident took place on the night of August 27 when the minor, who had been employed as a domestic help at the residence of Dr. Siddhi Prasad Deori, a Dibrugarh-based doctor and his wife Mitali Konwar, principal of Moran College was sleeping on the floor.

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 “Based on information about a domestic help being employed at the house, a team of district child welfare committee accompanied by members of Childline rescued the minor on August 29,” said Sudipta Ghosh Biswas, member of Dibrugarh child welfare committee on Wednesday.

“The minor, who was traumatized, told us that the doctor poured hot water on him while he was sleeping on the floor of the couple’s bedroom. There were injury marks on the child’s hands, cheek etc. A medical examination has been conducted and he is at present in our care,” she added.

According to Biswas, the child told them that he used to do domestic chores, wash vehicles etc. and was frequently beaten with a cane. On August 31, the child welfare committee has filed a police case against the doctor who is yet to be arrested.

It may be mentioned that Deori was in the news in 2006 when he was suspended from the post of store in-charge of AMCH as he was running a private nursing home in violation of government rules.

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