FAISALABAD: Police have arrested a man, identified as Rana Muneer, for the brutal torture of a 10-year-old girl working as a maid at his neighbour’s house.
The maid was employed at a house on Canal Road Faisalabad and was beaten by the neighbours for a fight over peacocks. The neighbours took turns to slap and kick the child, before dragging her out by her hair.
The ordeal was recorded by the CCTV cameras of another house. The video, which was uploaded on social media, has since gone viral.
The child’s employers attempted to sweep the matter under the rug by sending the child back to her family.
Members of the family that tortured the girl alleged that she thrashed their children and turned them away when they went to see peacocks at her employer’s house. She says the children were hitting the peacocks and their mother beat her up when she told them to stop.
Authorities sprang into action after people expressed their anger over the incident on social media.
The Child Protection Bureau submitted a complaint to the Madina Town police station, while the Punjab inspector-general of police ordered the arrest of the culprits.
A Bureau team arrived to take the girl into protective custody but she had already been taken away.
The police have registered a case against the maid’s employers and their neighbours. They have arrested Rana Muneer, the head of the family that tortured the maid. However, Muneer was not pictured in the CCTV footage. His daughter, Samina Muneer, son-in-law and grandson were.
