New Delhi: A Delhi court of Tuesday rejected anticipatory bail plea of the doctor couple, who allegedly left their minor maid locked up and starving in their house while they vacationed in Thailand.
Delhi police said that the couple are not in India right now. However, the lawyer informed the court that the couple was in India and willing to cooperate with the cops.
Earlier, a look-out notice was issued against the doctor couple on Monday. Sanjay Verma and his wife Sumita were to return to India on Saturday but they had not reached Delhi, a
senior police official said.
Police had initiated the process of issuing the look-out notice against the couple.
"The lookout notice has been issued against the couple," the official said.
The couple had left for Thailand on a vacation leaving their 13-year-old maid allegedly locked up and with very little food in their Dwarka flat.
She was rescued last week after neighbours heard her screaming from the balcony.
Anticipating their arrival on March 31, a police team was stationed at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi but the couple did not return.
Police have lodged an FIR against them under the Juvenile Justice Act, Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act and the IPC.
The victim has also complained to Child Welfare Committee that she was beaten up by the couple for mistakes. The couple had also allegedly installed CCTVs inside the house to keep a watch on her.
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