The BJP today suspended its Jharkhand leader Seema Patra amid allegations that she turned off her domestic help and brutally tortured her. Ms. Patra was a member of the National Working Committee of the BJP’s women’s wing. Her husband Maheshwar Patra is a retired IAS officer. Jharkhand BJP chief Deepak Prakash ordered action against Ms Patra after a video of her domestic help accusing her of torture went viral.