The child was reportedly employed by an additional session judge in Islamabad and initially told police she'd fallen down the stairs and burnt her hands by accident, Pakistani media reported. But in a later statement she said that she was beaten and that her hands were burned on the stove by the judge's wife, reports have said, citing police.
Authorities then placed the girl into a women's shelter. But on Tuesday the child's father told authorities he forgave the judge and his wife, and that his daughter's story was untrue, so no charges were brought. The girl's parents were then reported to have taken her from the women's shelter and disappeared with her.
The widely-publicised images of her injuries caught the attention of the Supreme Court, which issued a motion initiating a legal case. Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar demanded the child be found and a full investigation held by next Wednesday. Earlier, Supreme Court (SC) had sought complete investigation report over Tayyaba torture case in three days.
Granting time to additional session judge's wife Maheen Zafar, the court had ordered to submit reply till Wednesday. DIG Police Islamabad had been directed to constitute a high level investigating committee and to present the minor maidservant and her real parents in next hearing.
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