Trader Held For ‘Brutal Torture’ Of Minor Maid

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TOBA TEK SINGH: Faisalabad Civil Lines police arrested a trader for allegedly subjecting a minor female house help to brutal torture and shaving her head on October 8.

As per the police, the complainant, Ashfaq, of Ghulam Muhammadabad locality, stated that his daughter Zohra Bibi (13) was employed as a maid in the house of a trader, Habib Salim.

He alleged that Habib and his wife Sadaf would often subject Zohra to brutal torture and wouldn’t allow the girl to see her parents.

Ashfaq said that when he and his wife suddenly reached the trader’s house, they found injuries on the whole body of their minor daughter, while her head was also shaved by the suspect and his wife.

Acting on the complaint, the police registered the FIR under sections 354, 337-V, 328-A and 34 of the PPC against the couple and arrested the trader in a raid on his house.

The police say that the suspect’s wife, who manged to escape during the raid, is yet to be arrested.

The victim has been shifted to the Allied Hospital for her treatment.

Published in Dawn, October 9th, 2025

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