It has been a month since a minor housemaid working at an influential pir family in Karachi went missing.
The girl’s father, Ayaz Chandio, fears that his 16-year-old daughter, Aqsa Chandio, has either been killed or sold by her employer.
Aqsa went missing on August 15 and as the father filed a complaint, Darakhshan police registered an FIR under Section 365-B (Kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel for marriage etc) of the Pakistan Penal Code on August 17.
Ayaz spoke with Times, a Sindhi news channel, expressing fears that Aqsa has either been killed or sold by the frmale employer.
The employer had informed Ayaz Chandio of Aqsa’s disappearance after which he came to the coastal city from Khairpur. However he has claimed that he was detained at the family’s house for two days.
He also said that the neighbour recalled that they could hear Aqsa’s cries and screams every night.
The employer’s brother threatened Ayaz and warned him that he would not be able to return to his village, Pir Jo Goth, if he highlighted the disappearance.
He has also complained that the police have not been taking the case seriously.
According to DIG-South Syed Asad Raza, Aqsa was kidnapped from the Seaview apartment on August 15.
The police constituted a special team, probed some suspects and arrests were expected very soon.
According to investigators, Aqsa had a mobile phone that she secretly used which infuriated her employees. Ayaz was called but by the time he arrived, Aqsa had left.
The mobile phone is currently in police’s custody.
