Child benefit greed drove 'British Josef Fritzl' to fathering incest kids

Thu, Nov 27 02:55 PM

London, Nov 27 (ANI): The "British Josef Fritzl," who admitted to repeatedly raping his two daughters and getting them pregnant 19 times, did the evil act to get child benefit payments, claims his sister-in-law.

The 56-year-old's relative said that he fathered nine children by the girls in order to support his lifestyle.

In order to boost his income through benefits and tax credits, the Briton once offered his younger daughter 500 pounds to have another child, the relative said.

"He would always have a roll of 20 pounds notes but everyone knew he had never worked a day in his life," the Telegraph quoted the sister-in-law, as saying. more 

Lokkhi abuse:NCW and Shakti Vahini meet the Haryana governor

Lokkhi abuse: Haryana governor takes note

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Tanushree Roy ChowdhuryPosted: Nov 22, 2008 at 0015 hrs IST

Gurgaon, November 21 : Asks women’s panel, NGO to compile all cases of violence against helps, women and child trafficking cases in state

Almost two weeks after a team from theNational Commission for Women (NCW) and an NGO rescued teenaged domestic help who was brutally beaten up by her employers in their Gurgaon residence, Haryana Governor A R Kidwai on Friday took the issue forward. Kidwai asked the NCW to compile various cases of women and child trafficking and domestic labour in Haryana.

He asked the Commission to submit the report by Monday.

Kidwai took the step after representatives from the NCW and the NGO (Shakti Vahini) met the Haryana governor at Haryana Bhawan in the Capital today. At the meeting they discussed developments in the case of the domestic help Lokkhi. The girl’s employers, Devokjyoti and Paromita Das, were arrested on November 8 and charged with battering the teenager. They were later released on bail.  source