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Published 04 Aug, 2023 11:55pm

Another case of torture on minor housemaid reported

After Rizwana, another minor housemaid was allegedly subjected to torture by her employer and her accomplice in Housing Colony No. 10 of Faisalabad on Friday.

The victim’s father approached the session court to plead before the court after failing to register a first information report of the alleged crime.

The judicial magistrate directed the SHO of Saddar police station to perform a medical examination of the underaged maid, identified as 10-years old Saba.

As per her father’s statement, Saba was tortured with a hot iron while the accused also cut her with a knife.

Saba was later moved to Allied Hospital Faisalabad for further treatment. She became the latest victim of violence by her employer after Rizwana, who was brutally beaten up by a civil judge’s wife.

The initial medical report had said that Rizwana had 15 wounds on her body including a wound on the head. It also added that her internal organs had also sustained damage.

The 12-member board had been constituted under Dr Jodat Saleem and she was initially kept in the surgical ICU of the Lahore General Hospital.

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