Some neighbours and social activists noticed the physical abuse she had undergone and took her to the police.

Rameshwari told reporters that she was never given sufficient food and had been physically abused and tortured repeatedly in the past few months.

Urvashi was produced before a magistrate in Bandra Saturday afternoon and bailed out after posting a Rs.10,000 surety, the officer added.

This is the third instance of abuse of a domestic help in Andheri region in the past three months.

Actor Shiney Ahuja was nabbed for raping his maid servant in his Versova home in June. In July, three activists of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) were nabbed for gang-raping a minor domestic help in a garden in Andheri east.