Athgarh(Cuttack): Athgarh police on Wednesday arrested a woman and her husband for allegedly torturing her stepchildren.
Sunil Kumar Nanda and his second wife Puspalata Nanda were arrested on the basis of a complaint filed by Sunil’s first wife Jayashree Nanda on October 31.
Jayshree alleged in her complaint that her son and daughter who are minors were subjected to inhuman torture by Sunil and Puspalata.
It is worth mentioning here that Jayashree’s 13-year-old son and 10-year-old son who were staying with their father Sunil and stepmother Puspalata had managed to slip out of their house on Monday after being severely thrashed by their stepmother. They were rescued by the neighbours and hospitalised at the Sub Divisional Hospital here.
“After receiving a complaint on October 31 from the mother of the children we registered a case yesterday under sections 342,294,323,325,307,506 & 34 IPC. Today we have arrested the stepmother Puspalata Nanda and her husband Sunil Kumar Nanda,” informed Aniruddha Muduli,IIC, Athgarh Police Station.
The IIC said that the accused persons have admitted to their crime of thrashing the children.
They will be forwarded to court today, he added.
