ISLAMABAD: A case has been registered against the wife of Civil Judge Asim Hafeez for allegedly torturing a maid of 14-year-old girl in Islamabad. Police said on Tuesday.
The harrowing case of the 14-year-old girl being brutally beaten up regularly came to light when the victim was shifted to a hospital in Lahore with serious injuries, with the family accusing Judge Asim Hafeez’s wife, Somia, of torturing the child.
The case was registered at Police Station Humak on behalf of the girl’s father, Manga Khan, under Section 506 (committing offence of criminal intimidation) and Section 342 (wrongfully confining a person) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).
As per the text of the First Information Report (FIR), the complainant had sent his 14-year-old daughter to work as a domestic help on Rs10,000 monthly salary, with the reference of an acquaintance named Chaudhry Mukhtar, seven months ago.
The girl’s parents came to know about her being subjected to torture at the judge’s house on Monday (July 23) when they went to meet her.
It may be noted that the victim’s parents have said that they hadn’t met her during these seven months but talked to her on the phone sometimes.
“When we [complainant, his wife and her brother] entered the gate, we heard my daughter crying. Hearing that made me concerned so we went towards the room and found my daughter in wounded condition […],” the complainant stated in the FIR.
He alleged that his daughter was subjected to severe torture by the judge’s wife, and there were torture marks all over the child’s body.
Upon examining her condition, the parents found several injuries on the girl’s entire body, with serious wounds on the head, which were “infested with maggots”.
The major injuries described by the complainant include swelling on lips and eyes, broken teeth, and ribs and strangling marks on the neck.
As per the FIR, the complainant has accused Somia of torturing and keeping his daughter in illegal custody since the day she started working at the judge’s house and sought action on the matter.
Meanwhile, Islamabad police said that action is being taken for the arrest of the suspect.
