India, June 19 -- She came for her routine domestic work at the doctor's residence in posh South Delhi area's Mount Kailash on Thursday. An hour later, she was no more as her employer allegedly thrashed her to death with a bat and knife because she brought "bad energy".

Police allege that dermatologist Dr Manish Gupta, 50, fatally attacked his domestic help of more than a decade, Meena Haldar, 45, on the terrace of his apartment building, first striking her with a bat and then stabbing her with a sharp weapon.

Investigators say the killing unfolded while Gupta's teenage son was inside the family's flat and shortly after his wife had left for work. By 11.36 am, a neighbour had spotted Haldar lying in a pool of blood and alerted police. O...