BSP MP, wife arrested in a case of murder of a maid

November 5, 2013

New Delhi, Nov 5: Police stand infront of the residence of BSP MP Dhananjay Singh after the death of domestic help in New Delhi on Monday.

BSP MP Dhananjay Singh and his wife Jagriti were today arrested in connection with the murder of their 35-year-old maid and "merciless" torture of another minor domestic help with stick and rods.

The body of maid Rakhi, with several injury marks on her legs, chest and arms, was recovered from Singh's residence at South Avenue here last evening after the MP himself informed the police.

Police sources said both Dhananjay and Jagriti were arrested for their alleged involvement in the case.

Jagriti was taken into custody this morning and questioned for 12 hours, investigators said.

An FIR was registered against her at Chankyapuri police station under sections 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder), 344 (wrongful confinement) of Indian Penal code and Juvenile Justice Act. Police are mulling to add sections under Bonded Labour Act for hiring a juvenile.

Police claimed the maid died due to injuries inflicted by the MP's wife around 8.30 yesterday morning, but the matter was reported by BSP MP to police only at 8.30 PM.

They said the injury marks were visible on arms, legs and chest. Police also questioned Dhananjay to ascertain his role in the case.

Another minor help, who has been working at the household for the last one year, told police that he was also beaten up badly by Jagriti.

"The maid must have been beaten up mercilessly as her body bore several old and fresh injury marks," said a senior police official.

Dhananjay told police that he was away in his constituency Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh and reached Delhi only in the evening and subsequently informed police, said investigators.

Jagriti has called Dhananjay and informed him about the maid's death, police said.

Rakhi had been working at the MP's residence for the last 10 months. According to police sources, Jagriti had been allegedly torturing her maid during this period.

"Although she was torturing her for past many months, but the frequency of beating had gone up since November 1," said a senior police officer.

A string of cases involving torture of domestic helps has been reported from the city in the last few months.

A 13-year-old maid was rescued from Sarojini Nagar in south Delhi on October 29. The girl was frequently beaten up and kept locked in her room for days by her Manipuri employer who works as an airhostess.

A month before a teenage domestic help, allegedly tortured by her female employer, was freed from a posh Vasant Kunj house.

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IndiGo CEO says less than 1,000 cancellations on Dec 6; normalcy by Dec 15

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December 5,2025

New Delhi, Dec 5: IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers issued a public apology this evening after more than a thousand flights were cancelled today, making it the "most severely impacted day" in terms of cancellations. The biggest airline of the country cancelled "more than half" of its daily number of flights on Friday, said Elbers. He also said that even though the crisis will persist on Saturday, the airline anticipates fewer than 1,000 flight cancellations.

"Full normalisation is expected between December 10 and 15, though IndiGo cautions that recovery will take time due to the scale of operations," the IndiGo CEO said.

IndiGo operates around 2,300 domestic and international flights daily.

Pieter Elbers, while apologising for the major inconvenience due to delays and cancellations, said the situation is a result of various causes.

The crisis at IndiGo stems from new regulations that boost pilots' weekly rest requirements by 12 hours to 48 and allow only two night-time landings per week, down from six. IndiGo has attributed the mass cancellations to "misjudgment and planning gaps".

Elbers also listed three lines of action that the airline will adopt to address the issue.

"Firstly, customer communication and addressing your needs, for this, messages have been sent on social media. And just now, a more detailed communication with information, refunds, cancellations and other customer support measures was sent," he said.

The airline has also stepped up its call centre capacity.

"Secondly, due to yesterday's situation, we had customers stranded mostly at the nation's largest airports. Our focus was for all of them to be able to travel today itself, which will be achieved. For this, we also ask customers whose flights are cancelled not to come to the airports as notifications are sent," the CEO said.

"Thirdly, cancellations were made for today to align our crew and planes to be where they need to start tomorrow morning afresh. Earlier measures of the last few days, regrettable, have proven not to be enough, but we have decided today to reboot all our systems and schedules, resulting in the highest numbers of cancellations so far, but imperative for progressive improvements starting from tomorrow," he added.

As airports witnessed chaotic scenes, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) stepped in to grant IndiGo a temporary exemption from stricter night duty rules for pilots. It also allowed substitution of leaves with a weekly rest period.

Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu has said a high-level inquiry will be ordered and accountability will be fixed.

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