Investigation: Suspect sent on 3-day remand

Magistrate sent Sadia Asif, accused of killing her child servant for not feeding her dogs, on a 3 day judicial remand

LAHORE: A judicial magistrate sent Sadia Asif, accused of killing her child servant for not feeding her dogs, on a three-day judicial remand. Kahna police produced the suspect before the court and requested more time to question her. Magistrate Ashfaq Ahmed gave her in their custody for three days. Asif was arrested on Monday after Kahna police registered an FIR under Section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code. According to the FIR, she clubbed her 12-year-old employee, Taqi Usman, for not feeding her dogs at her residence in Valencia Town. Usman was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to the injuries.



Published in The Express Tribune, August 17^th, 2011.