Father, stepmother arrested after girl tortured to death

A minor girl identified as Muskan was allegedly tortured to death in her Baghbanpura home on Shalimar Road in Lahore.

The body of eight-year-old Muskan showed clear signs of torture.

Dawn reports that police took her father and stepmother into custody for interrogation after neighbours claimed they had previously abused the girl over trivial matters.

A police official told Dawn that a next-door neighbour alerted them when they heard the girl crying.

However, when they arrived at the scene, police found the girl with severe wounds all over her body.

She succumbed to the injuries including deep cuts on her neck. Her swollen limbs indicated she had been beaten with a hard object. There were signs of burns on her arms.

Additionally, police cordoned off certain areas of the house for forensic analysis.

Muskan’s father had remarried and the young girl had reportedly occasionally faced brutal treatment from her stepmother, according to the neighbours.
A police investigation is going on to determine the father’s role in the alleged abuse leading to Muskan’s death.

An autopsy report is awaited.