Mumbai crime: Couple arrested for torturing 7-yr-old help with hot knife

Updated On: 06 May, 2014 06:59 AM IST | | Shiva Devnath

<p>The Sayyed family brought the boy from Jharkhand a year ago by falsely promising his parents a good education for their son, but instead kept him as a servant in their home</p>

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Mumbai crime: Couple arrested for torturing 7-yr-old help with hot knife

The Kanakia police have arrested a Mira Road couple for allegedly torturing their seven-year-old domestic help. The boy, who hails from Jharkhand, had been working for the Sayyed family for the past one year.

The boy was rescued by an alert neighbour who spotted him crying near the window. Pics/Azim Tamboli