Lahore: 10-year-old maid allegedly tortured to death

Dunya News

A 10-year-old domestic servant was allegedly killed by his master in Lahore on Thursday.

LAHORE (Dunya News) - According to details, the incident occurred in Askari 9 area where a 10-year-old house servant Iram, a resident of Ocara, was tortured to death by the house owner.

Altaf Hussain of Askari 9 had hired Iram to work in his house for a monthly pay of just Rs 2,500. Iram was brought to Services Hospital in critical condition on Thursday night where she died.

According to initial reports the death was caused by torture. Police said that the real cause of the death would be exactly known after the postmortem. The body of deceased has been shifted to Mayo Hospital.