The Islamabad Capital Police have raided the house of a bureaucrat who was charged of keeping a maidservant in illegal confinement, sources told Business Recorder here on Thursday. On the other hand, the Assistant Commissioner Rural Islamabad, Dr Sajid Chohan has refused to send the girl to Darul Aman and handed her over to the Women Police till the arrival of her parents. After arrival of parents of the victim, AC Rural would record the statement of the girl under Section 164 of CrPc for ascertaining whether she wants to go with her father or not.
According to details, a Deputy Secretary of Establishment Division, Shahbaz Joseph was accused along with his wife on Wednesday night of maltreating a 12-year old maidservant, Shabana Javed belonging to Toba Tek Singh. Secretariat Police recovered her from a locked house located in Gulshan-e-Jinnah area in Sector G-5. Shabana was maltreated and the medical report of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences has also confirmed the police claim.
Whereas, Joseph, currently working as OSD, is still at large and his house in Islamabad was locked. Till filing of this report, Shabana was in Women Police custody.