Greater Noida, Jan. 20 -- A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) constable and his wife were arrested Sunday night for allegedly brutally assaulting over household work a 10-year-old girl, who is now fighting for her life in intensive care, police said on Monday, adding that the child had been living with the couple for about 40 days.

The accused, CRPF constable Tarik Anwar and his wife Riya Khatun, reside in a CRPF camp in Ecotech 3, police said.

The couple had brought the girl from Malda, West Bengal, after her father left her mother, ostensibly to "care for their two young sons and perform household chores", investigators familiar with the case details said.

"As the minor's father left her mother, Khatun, who is a distant relative of...