Maid torture case: Police record victim girl, her father’s statements

The Islamabad police has recorded the statement of the victim girl and her father in the brutal torture case on the domestic help by the wife of a civil judge, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

However, Civil Judge Asim Hafeez’s wife Somia Asim on Thursday got bail from the Lahore High Court till August 1.

In a post uploaded on X platform, formerly Twitter, the Islamabad police wrote: “The statement of the girl and her father has been recorded. The accused has obtained bail till August 1. Islamabad Police has not yet received the certified medical report.

All those involved in the crime are being investigated. All action is being taken according to law. Child labor is a crime under the law. If anyone is aware of any such incident, report it to the police on Pukar Helpline 15.”

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On Wednesday, the police team raided houses of the accused in Rawalpindi, Lahore, and Gujranwala to arrest her but it failed.

Earlier this week, a case was registered against Somia Asim at Humak police station for allegedly perpetrating severe kind of torture on her 14-year-old domestic help.

The case was lodged on the complaint of the girl’s father, r/o Sargodha, who told police that when he and his wife went to see their daughter Rizwana at the judge’s house in Islamabad, they found her in a miserable condition. He alleged that the judge’s wife subjected his daughter to severe torture and there were torture marks all over her body.

She was taken to a Sargodha Hospital but due to her critical condition, she was shifted to a Lahore hospital.

The major injuries described by the complainant include swelling on lips and eyes, broken teeth, and ribs and strangling marks on the neck.

According to the FIR, the complainant 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.

 

Reporter Farzana Siddique