Overview

• Asha, an 18-year-old from Madhya Pradesh employed as a house help for about a year, suffered critical injuries after falling from a third-floor flat in East Delhi’s Vardhan/Vardhaman Apartments.
• Police say she was confronted over ₹3,000 allegedly missing from the employer’s home and then allegedly jumped from a small kitchen window.
• Her mother and local residents dispute that version, alleging she was pushed and raising suspicion of sexual assault, prompting a multi-hour protest inside the society on Thursday.
• Delhi Police registered a case under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at Madhu Vihar police station, examined the scene with a crime team, and recorded statements from four female family members present at the time.
• The victim was first taken to LBS Hospital and then shifted to GTB Hospital’s ICU, where she remains unfit to give a statement.