<p>The actress, Urvashi Dhanorkar, has been accused of brutally assaulting 10-year-old Rameshwari, locking up the child at home and employing a minor as a labourer, said a duty officer of Amboli police station in Andheri west.<br /><br />“The victim has been sent for a medical checkup and we are awaiting the reports,” he said.<br />The officer said Rameshwari was brought to Mumbai from Amravati last April on the pretext that she would be given an education. However, she was forced to work as a maid at Urvashi’s home in the posh Royal Palms Complex in Versova.<br /><br />A week ago, Urvashi reportedly caught Rameshwari eating. The actress banged the child’s head against a wall and burnt her arms, he added.<br /><br />Thereafter, Rameshwari was confined at home and allowed outside only a couple of days ago. Some neighbours and social activists noticed the physical abuse she had undergone and took her to the police.<br /><br />Rameshwari told reporters that she was never given sufficient food and had been physically abused and tortured repeatedly in the past few months.<br /><br />Urvashi was produced before a magistrate in Bandra on Saturday afternoon and bailed out.</p>
<p>The actress, Urvashi Dhanorkar, has been accused of brutally assaulting 10-year-old Rameshwari, locking up the child at home and employing a minor as a labourer, said a duty officer of Amboli police station in Andheri west.<br /><br />“The victim has been sent for a medical checkup and we are awaiting the reports,” he said.<br />The officer said Rameshwari was brought to Mumbai from Amravati last April on the pretext that she would be given an education. However, she was forced to work as a maid at Urvashi’s home in the posh Royal Palms Complex in Versova.<br /><br />A week ago, Urvashi reportedly caught Rameshwari eating. The actress banged the child’s head against a wall and burnt her arms, he added.<br /><br />Thereafter, Rameshwari was confined at home and allowed outside only a couple of days ago. Some neighbours and social activists noticed the physical abuse she had undergone and took her to the police.<br /><br />Rameshwari told reporters that she was never given sufficient food and had been physically abused and tortured repeatedly in the past few months.<br /><br />Urvashi was produced before a magistrate in Bandra on Saturday afternoon and bailed out.</p>