The Islamabad Police on Sunday recovered Tayyaba, a ten-year-old minor girl who was allegedly tortured by the wife of Additional District & Sessions Judge Islamabad, Raja Khurram Ali Khan where she was working as a housemaid.
The 10-year-old Tayyaba was recovered from the outskirts of Islamabad by police and law enforcement agencies jointly, police said. The girl was recovered from a house near Lehtrar road, the police said.
Tayyaba had mysteriously gone missing after the case was highlighted in the media.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar had taken suo moto notice of alleged torture on Tayyaba by the wife of Additional District and Sessions Judge Islamabad. The Chief Justice took notice on media reports that the minor maid servant was allegedly beaten up brutally and she was badly beaten and her hands were burnt and reportedly the matter had been patched up and compromised.
According to sources, police have taken custody of the child and she will be produced before the apex court on Wednesday.
On Friday, the apex court ordered authorities to present the girl within 24 hours. The court also overruled the pardon earlier granted to an Islamabad judge by the parents of the housemaid.