Minor girl tortured by stepmother, father
A minor girl who was tortured by her stepmother and father was presented in the court where she was handed over to the Child Protection and Welfare Bureau. The court sent her stepmother to jail.
The 13-year-old Zainab told the court that she was tortured by her stepmother and father. She told court that her body was burnt with a flaming iron rod.
A police official said that the girl's father kept pretending to cry in the court.
Reportedly, one of the suspects Sahil, a resident of Akbar Town area of Mansoorabad police station, brutally tortured his 13-year-old daughter Zainab along with his second wife for eating vermicelli and burnt her hands with hot iron rods.
After the torture video went viral on social media, police arrested the girl's stepmother and father. A case was registered against the suspects.
The arrested suspects were presented in the court of Area Magistrate Nasrullah Wattoo.
The police official said that the court sent Asma Bibi to jail and handed over her father Sahil to Mansoorabad police on five days physical remand.
Child Protection Bureau later presented the 13-year-old Zainab in the court of Additional Sessions Judge Qamar Zaman.
The minor girl refused to go with her parents and told the court that her stepmother Asma and father were very violent towards her.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 27th, 2022.