Teenage maid dies in Lahore hospital under mysterious circumstances
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A teenage girl who was brought to the Services Hospital, Lahore in critical condition died at the medical facility under mysterious circumstances, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Tuesday.
Police said that an unknown person brought 18-year-old Zarina in precarious condition to the Services Hospital where she could not survive and succumbed to her injuries. The person after dumping her there, vanished from the scene.
However, at the hospital reception, the man gave the name and address of the girl, according to which she was a resident of the Askari 10 area of Lahore.
According to police, the deceased girl used to work as a domestic help in the house of a retired officer of a sensitive agency. But she died under mysterious circumstances, they added.
The law enforcers said that they were investigating the case keeping in view various aspects.
The body of the deceased girl was shifted to the General Hospital for post-mortem.
A couple of months ago, another incident of a little maid’s death in Ranipur in district Khairpur who used to work in the haveli of an influential Pir, shook the conscience of the entire nation.
The harrowing details of this heart-wrenching case came to the forefront when the scary video clips of 10-year-old Fatima’s bruised body surfaced on social media. In the footage, it could be seen that the lean girl valiantly attempts to sit up on her bed, her agony palpable, before tragically succumbing to her injuries.
Before the Fatima case, another maid torture case grabbed the media attention in July.
The wife of a civil judge in Rawalpindi was arrested for brutally subjecting to torture her 14-year-old maid Rizwana.
According to Rizwana’s medical report, infected injuries were found on her head, besides wounds all around the face, both arms and legs, her tooth was also found broken and swelling on both lips and eyes, ribs were also found broken, and injuries were found on her back. Marks of strangulation were also found around her neck.
Our society is replete with such examples of cruelty to the poor by the influential who want to lord themselves over the haves-not.
However, some saner elements of society keep raising their voices in favour of establishing a just society where everyone enjoys social justice and equality.
Reporter Rana Faran Yameen