New Delhi, June 19 -- A 50-year-old dermatologist allegedly thrashed his domestic worker with a bat and stabbed her with a sharp object in an apartment in south Delhi's upmarket Mount Kailash area on Thursday morning, the second grisly murder to rock the neighbourhood in three months.

Police arrested Dr Manish Gupta, who has worked at top dermatology clinics in Delhi, and said the doctor allegedly killed his domestic worker of 10-12 years on the terrace of the apartment when his teenage son was present in their flat.

Gupta - who lived on the 3rd floor of the three-storey apartment - was charged with murder. Police identified the domestic worker as Meena Haldar, 45, originally a resident of Kolkata who worked at the Gupta's and two-three...