Supreme Court on Wednesday issued directives to Islamabad police to complete probe into torture inflicted on minor maid Tayyaba who was serving at the house of Additional District and Session judge Islamabad Khurram Ali Khan. Recently, Additional District and Session judge Islamabad Khurram Ali Khan's wife Maheen Zafar alias Mano Baji allegedly inflicted torture in an inhuman manner on Tayyaba which caused uproar on social media, subsequently Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar took suo motu notice over the incident and sought report form the Registrar Islamabad High Court.
Resuming the hearing of the matter, a two-member bench led by the Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar sought DNA report from the medical authorities in the matter while sending Tayyaba to Pakistan Sweet Homes till identification of her parents. The court ruled that Tayyaba will stay in the Sweet Homes whereas Deputy Inspector General Islamabad Kashif Mehmood was directed to investigate the case from all angles without any fear or favour. The court said in its order that police will have full excess to Tayyaba at Sweet Homes and would also be responsible for her security.
In pursuance of the court's earlier directives in the matter, the DIG produced Tayyaba with her parents before the bench. Responding to Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar's query, Azam, father of Tayyaba apprised the court that he is an illiterate man and doesn't know about any settlement agreed upon with the accused, adding that a lawyer namely Raja Zahoor stamped his thumb impression on a blank paper in the district courts with assurance that after stamping thumb on the paper he will get back his daughter.
To which Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar expressed dismay observing how it could be possible that Additional District Judge Islamabad handed over the custody of Tayyaba to her father without identifying whether or not Azam was her real father.
During the course of proceedings, Mumtaz Bibi, a resident of district Layyah who was also present in the court room, informed the bench that a police inspector Malik Muhammad Rizwan had allegedly kidnapped her daughter. Requesting the Chief Justice of Pakistan to issue directives to the concerned police to recover her daughter, Mumtaz Bibi said she came to the court after watching television under a thought that Tayyaba might be her daughter but after meeting Tayyaba she realised that she was not her offspring.
Likewise, residents of Faisalabad, Farzana Bibi and Kausar Bibi, were also present in the court whose daughters had been kidnapped. They told the court that Tayyaba was not their daughter and urged the court to issue directives to concerned authorities for recovery of their daughters. To which the bench issued directives to concerned DIGs for tangible action and sought report in 15 days. Later, hearing of the matter was adjourned till January 18.