Pictured smiling on the London Eye. . . the Whitehall lawyer's nanny who says she was 'beaten and kept as a slave for four years'

An Indian woman has claimed she was kept as a slave and beaten while working as a nanny for a senior Government lawyer.


Widow Pratima Das alleges she was a victim of human trafficking who ended up being abused for four years while at the home of Shibani Rahulan – principal legal adviser at the Department of Health.


Mrs Rahulan, however, has denied exploiting the 43-year-old and has produced photos of the nanny at family gatherings and holidays which, she says, prove she was not kept under duress.      Read More