Child labour case: Suchitra to meet labour minister

Singer and ex-wife of noted director Shekhar Kapur, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi will meet the Labour minister Nawab Malik today in an attempt to clear her name.
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Malik yesterday had levied allegations against Krishnamoorthi and other actors for employing children as housemaids.u00a0
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"An accusation of this magnitude by the state government is something I take very seriously and negates and makes a mockery of all the hard work and energy I have put into the upliftment of the girl child in this country," said Krishnamoorthi in a statement before her meeting.
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The incident comes to fore after a small time TV actress Urvashi Dhanorkar was arrested for allegedly abusing her 10 year old maid.