RAWALPINDI – The relevant authorities of the Pakistan Army have sought the case record of a young maid who was allegedly tortured by a woman serving with the military and her husband, a private doctor.
The doctor, who has been on an interim bail till Oct 29 has been included in the investigation; he has to appear before the additional district and sessions judge for the confirmation of his bail today while the victim is likely to be interviewed by the army authorities within the next two days.
The female army official, Ammara Riaz, nominated as the prime suspect in the FIR filed by the Child Protection Bureau is employed as a computer information technology officer at the army headquarters and her case has been sent to the army authorities for further proceeding.
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Aamir Khan, the station house officer (SHO) of Airport police, confirmed that the army has sought details of the case from the police.
We are still waiting for the medico-legal report of the maid to proceed further, he told Dawn News.
The policeman said though the doctor did not admit to abusing the maid, however, he confessed taunting Kinza whenever she went out of the house and once when she slipped down the stairs.
The 11-year-old maid – who had two sisters serving as maids – is in custody of the Child Protection Bureau after she was relocated to Rawalpindi from her native town of Faisalabad.
Initially, three cuts with a blunt weapon were found on the victim’s head along with multiple bruises on other parts of her body. A medical examination was conducted on her body, including consultancy with a neurologist after she complained of a severe pain in her left arm.
A child protection officer said the maid alleged that she was tortured last when her employer’s two-year-old baby fell from her arms.
Minister for Human Rights Dr. Shireen Mazari had also taken notice of the incident.
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In 2017, an additional district and sessions judge and his spouse were convicted of burning their maid’s hand over a missing broom, beating her with a ladle, detaining her in a storeroom and threatening her with even worse.
