Jharkhand: Suspended BJP leader Seema Patra arrested for allegedly torturing tribal help

Jharkhand police arrested suspended BJP leader Seema Patra, wife of a retired IAS officer, on allegations of torturing her 29-year-old tribal help Sunita, police sources said. Acting on a tip-off from a government employee, the Ranchi Police rescued the woman from Patra's residence last week and recorded the domestic help statement on Tuesday before a magistrate, sources said. For several years, Patra had allegedly kept the woman captive in her residence in Ranchi's posh Ashok Nagar area.