Another case of violence on under-aged house maids emerged in Rawalpindi on Wednesday. The couple alleged to be involved in the crime has been arrested.

The child who was tortured is only eight years old.

The incident happened in a private houseing society in Rawalpindi in the jurisdiction of police station Rawat.

The father of the affected child filed an FIR in the Rawat police station alleging that a woman, named Bakhtawar, and her husband, Ali Sher, brutally beat up the minor between August 25 and 26.

The FIR says that the child’s head was shaven and two of her bones were broken. It als says that the child was kept confined against her will.

The child belongs to Khanpur Katora in Rahimyar Khan and was sent to Rawalpindi to work as a maid for Rs6,000 per month. The child was allegedly sent to Rawalpindi by the parents on the advice of their neighbor who was a doctor.

CCPO Syed Khalid Hamdani has taken notice of the incident and has ordered a report to be submkitted to him.

The couple was later arrested.