General Article Child servant beaten to death ‘for stealing master’s fruit’

Topic Selected: Child Rights Book Volume: 412

Police in Pakistan said the 10-year-old boy and his younger brother were tortured for days at their employer’s home.

By Ben Farmer

A 10-year-old domestic worker was beaten and tortured to death and his younger brother badly injured after their masters caught them stealing fruit, police said.

Officers said the boys had been tortured for several days at their employers’ home in an upmarket neighbourhood of Lahore.

The assaults are the latest to put the spotlight on the exploitation of child lab...

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