Two sisters aged seven and ten years were rescued by the Delhi Commission for Women and police from their employer's home in north-west Delhi's Pitampura where they were allegedly confined and harassed physically and mentally.
The accused, a 45-year-old businessman who has a factry of plastic granules in outer Delhi, has been arrested.
They two sisters told the police that they had been brought to Delhi by someone from their village in Jharkhand and were working as domestic helps..
"We are also trying to identify the placement agency through which the girls were employed," said a senior police official.
The police have also informed Jharkhand Bhawan officials and have requested them to trace the parents of the girls.
The DCW had received a call on its women helpline - 181- about the minor girls being illegally confined in a house in Pitampura.
A neighbour had made the call.
A team of DCW counsellors immediately reached the spot with the Delhi Police. On enquiring about the minor girls, the son of the employer tried to mislead the team but on searching the house, two girls were found hidden in a dark room.
The girls appeared frightened, the olice said. They were brought to Rani Bagh police station and counselling was provided to them.
"They said that their parents are very poor and they belong to Jharkhand and were brought to Delhi by a woman. They claimed to be physically and mentally tortured and confined to the house.
"They informed that a very little amount is paid to their mother. The girls also informed that they were not given proper food and clothes," a senior DCW official said.
An FIR has been registered at Rani Bagh police in the matter. The girls have been sent to a government shelter home. They will be produced before the Chief Welfare Committee and a magistrate.
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