Minor servant slain for eating food in Defence; younger brother critical

LAHORE:An 11-year-old boy who was employed at a house in Defence Phase III, 141-X Block, was tortured to death for taking food from fridge without permission on Eid day by the employer.

The victim Kamran, 11, and Rizwan, 6, from Bahawalpur had been employed as domestic servants of an old man, Nasarullah, for over a year. On the second day of Eid, reportedly, the victims were hungry and took food from the fridge.

When the family members came to know about their 'daring' move, they were infuriated and all the five family members turn by turn beat them up that their condition turned critical. The victims were shifted to hospital where Kamran succumbed to injuries.

The case was registered on complaint of a trainee ASI. DIG Operations Lahore Sohail Chaudhry said that an FIR was registered against five suspects under Section 302, 311, 34 of PPC and Punjab Restriction on Employment of Children Act 2016.

According to the FIR statement, the ASI said that he was present on Walton Road when he received a call at 15 about the presence of the minor children. As he reached there, he found the victims with severe marks of torture and came to know that they had been admitted for treatment by two citizens, including Nasarullah.

When he talked to them, they kept on making contradictory statements. When he probed further, he came to know that the victims were their employees at home and had been tortured by all the family members.

DIG Operations Suhail said that three suspects nominated in the case identified as Nasarullah, Mehmood-ul-Hassan and Shabana were arrested.

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