A 10-year-old domestic worker in Lahore was beaten to death for taking out food from the refrigerator without the permission of the people he worked for. The house owners also brutally beat six year-old Rizwan, the younger brother of Kamran.
The police investigation has revealed that the prime suspect, Abul Hassan, who was arrested from Bahawalpur, wanted to marry the seven-year-old sister of Kamran. The minor girl was also recovered from Bahawalpur. Hassan was hiding in Bahwalpur to avoid his arrest, reports Dawn.
Abdul Hassan claimed to be a spiritual healer, and the father of the children used to visit Abdul Hassan.
Hassan himself was a follower of a spiritual healer living in Dera Ghazi Khan. Hassan told Irfan, the father of the children, that his spiritual healer has asked him to marry an underage girl. Irfan then handed over his daughter to Hassan in a ceremony held in Dera Ghazi Khan.
The information was revealed after the police were able to get recordings of phone calls between Hassan and the the spiritual healer who resides in DG Khan.
Lahore Investigation DIG Kamran Adil while talking to Dawn said that the father of the children neither contacted police to lodge a case against their employers, nor pursued the investigation process.
He said that the father would also be charged with human trafficking for selling his minor daughter to Hassan.
In response to a query, the DIG stated that although the primary suspect claimed that the minor was 13-year-old, the documentation, including her record with the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra), indicated that she was no older than seven.
He claimed that the authorities were attempting to verify Hassan’s marital status as well.
As per details, the owners of the house where the two minor brothers worked got angry at Kamran and started beating him and Rizwan after they found Kamran was taking food from their refrigerator.
They then took them to the hospital and left them there. Kamran could not sustain his injuries and died in the hospital.
A first information report (FIR) that was registered against five accused involved in the incident. A police spokesperson said that the police had arrested three accused, including Nasrullah, Mehmoodul Hasan and Shazia Bibi.
