Experts and child rights activists have stressed the need to survey the prevalence of child domestic workers in Tamil Nadu.

Recalling the murder of a 16-year-old girl who was employed as a domestic help in Aminjikarai, Josephine Valarmathi, chief functionary of the Tamilnadu Domestic Workers Welfare Board, said: “Domestic workers are some of the most invisible labourers in the world. As they work behind closed doors, tracking child domestic workers and ensuring their safety is difficult.”