NEW DELHI, Nov. 8 -- A 16-year-old girl working as a domestic help was rescued from a house in southeast Delhi's Shaheen Bagh after allegedly being confined, starved and subjected to brutal physical abuse by her illegal employer for nearly a year, police said on Saturday. Police said they registered a case under relevant sections of the Juvenile Justice Act and the accused, a 45-year-old woman, was arrested on Wednesday. According to police, the matter came to light when a neighbour of the accused alerted a child helpline about the minor's alleged exploitation. "The SDM, Kalkaji, was subsequently informed, after which a joint team comprising officials from the labour department and Shaheen Bagh police station raided the house on Tuesday," a member of the NGO said. However, officials did not find the girl at the premises as she had been recently sent to Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, to look after the accused elderly mother. The joint team brought her back from Moradabad and produced her before the SDM and child welfare committee CWC the following day. A police officer aware of the matter said that, the teenager told the CWC that she was allegedly forced to work from 6am to 2am every day, branded with a hot iron and a heated knife, and beaten over minor mistakes. She also described being denied food and water on one occasion and being prevented from meeting her parents. The girl also told the committee that she was allowed to speak to her parents only two or three times in the past year. During one video call, her face was allegedly covered to prevent her parents from seeing her injuries. Police said the minor had multiple burn marks across her back, deep wounds on her head and scratches and injuries on her face. Following her statement, the SDM initiated action under the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act. She was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. The girl was allegedly paid just Rs.18,000 for nearly a year. She hails from Delhi with her parents living in a JJ cluster....