What an act of savagery

It was worse than mediaeval barbarism, because the girl could not have invited anyone's wrath or resisted it. As if that was not enough, her employer and his spouse held her captive so that she was not seen with injury marks on her person. One wonders, why people given to inhuman dispositions never learn from the ruinous exposures their ilk had suffered beforehand for having tortured their domestic help. Despite revealing media reports and public consternation such an evil persisted much to the detriment of our societal image. Obviously, it has fed on lack of timely detection and eventual punishment.

The malady constitutes violation of both child and human rights. The child repression act should come into play and exemplary punishment meted out to culprits. Daughter of poor parents, her helplessness has been taken advantage of in the most savage manner.

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But the community has a role in preempting recurrence of such brutal behaviour on the part of child employers. For, it is worth remembering that not until torture had led to death or to injuries that could no longer be swept under the carpet that people came to know about it all. In Liza's case, another recruit found about her ordeal and decided to report to the police. There must be some way for the neighbours to take note of a child's ordeal so that it can be ended before he or she goes through further traumatisation.