Doc Couple Held For Torturing Adopted Daughter In Guwahati

Guwahati: Police on Sunday arrested a doctor couple and their domestic help for allegedly torturing the couple’s four-year-old girl in Guwahati.

The arrestees have been identified as psychiatrist Sangeeta Baruah from a house in Meghalaya’s Ri Bhoi district and her husband Dr Walliul Islam, a gastrointestinal and advanced general surgeon.

The matter came to the fore after one of the couple’s neighbours approached the police with a photograph of the minor girl tied to a pole on the terrace in the summer heat.

Following this, police registered a suo motu case against the couple under sections 307 (attempt to murder), 325 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt), 342 (wrongful restraint) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO).

During questioning, the doctor confessed that he used to hit the child with a hot iron rod and even poured hot water on her body, said police.

More details are awaited.