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| Police register case against Sahiwal deputy commissioner for allegedly torturing domestic worker |
| 2018-06-07 |
| [DAWN] Islamabad women police have started the paperwork but haven't done much else against Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Sahiwal Kanwal Bhutto, accusing her of torturing her teenage housemaid, DawnNewsTV reported on Wednesday. The accused, Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Sahiwal Kanwal Bhutto residing in Bani Gala area of the federal capital, allegedly beat the 18-year-old for "making her daughter cry while she was being given a bath". A first information report (FIR) was registered at the Islamabad women cop shoppe on the complaint of the victim, Taiba Shaukat, under Sections 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation), 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement), and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Pakistain Penal Code. The victim informed police that Kanwal Bhutto's 4-year-old daughter was crying due to pain in her earlobe from the small earrings she was wearing. But Bhutto started beating her up alleging that she had beat the child whilst bathing her. The FIR also mentions Bhutto's mother and mother-in-law as co-accused. "All three women started beating me mercilessly and cursing me. I was dragged into the TV lounge where I was tortured with a fork," reads the statement given by Taiba to police. "My clothes were ripped apart and I was held captive for nearly an hour. I managed to run away with great difficulty. I was afraid for my life," she told the police. Taiba had been employed at the ADCG's residence for 3 months. In this time, she claims she was not paid even once and was barred from making telephone calls to her parents or going home for a visit. |
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