New Delhi: Punjab Kings cricket team Shashank Singh and his father, retired Special Director General (DG) Shailesh Singh, were detained by the Ratibad police in Bhopal following the domestic cook’s alleged abuse, torture and forced confiscation of his phone.According to an IANS report, the First Information Report (FIR) names Shashank Singh, his father Shailesh Singh and their driver, identified as Mishra, as accused. A case has been registered under sections 296(B), 115(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and the police have started an investigation into the matter. The complainant, Vipendra Singh Tomar, a resident of Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa district, told the police that he had joined the cooking service at the Singh family’s house in Neelbad on June 25. He said that they are given 15,000 per month along with food and accommodation.“I agreed to work there and stayed at the house after being assured that I would get salary, food and accommodation,” Tomar said in his complaint.Tomar said that he was later informed that there were errors in his application and that his phone was confiscated.According to the complaint, this escalated on June 28 when he asked for his phone back.“After preparing breakfast, I asked Shailesh Singh to return my phone, but he refused. I was upset about this, I went to my room,” said Tomar.He said that Shailesh Singh, Shashank Singh and their driver entered his room, abused and beat him.“They abused me and started beating me with their hands and fists. After beating me, they chased me out of the house,” said Tomar in his statement to the police.The complainant also said Rs 1,000 was withdrawn from her mobile phone, the accused said she was deprived of food and accommodation.
