Pakistani Christian girl burnt alive after rape by Muslim employer — Kiran George
Pakistan Christian Post reports:
— “A Christian girl working as housemaid was raped by son her Muslim employer and on her threats to report police was burnt by rapist and his sister in city of Sheikhupura in Punjab province of Pakistan.”
— “Kiran George was 80% burnt when Mohammad Ahmad Raza and his sister threw petrol on her and set her on fire to keep her mouth shut to report rape.”
— “Kiran George was brought to Mayo Hospital Lahore from Sheikhupura on March 9, 2010, where she recorded her statement to police that Mohammad Ahmed Raza raped her in his home during work.”
— “She died here in Mayo Hospital Lahore today and her dead body was taken back to her home in Jahangirabad colony in Sheipkupura.”
— “Sheikhupura is some 40 miles from city of Lahore, Punjab.”
— “Sources told PCP that Kiran George have complained with her friends about bad behavior of Mohammad Ahmad Raza to her friends but was hesitant to leave job due to poverty of her parents.”
— “Muslim employer of Kiran George instead of taking her to hospital called her parents and made a story that her clothes caught fire when she was cleaning kitchen.”
— “It is second case of rape-murder of Christian housemaid in Punjab, when Shazia Bashir was raped and murder by her Muslim employer Mohammad Naeem advocate on 21st January 2010, in city of Lahore.”
— “According to PCP, the relatives of Kiran George blocked road and burnt tires and demanded arrest of killers.”
— Christian community takes to streets over maid’s murder
— Pakistan Daily Times reports:
— “The Christian community on Thursday blocked the Lahore-Sheikhupura Road in protest against the alleged murder of a Christian maid by her employers.”
— “The family of the deceased girl, Kiran, alleged that Ahmed Raza, along with his mother and another relative, had doused the victim with petrol and set her on fire following a marriage dispute.”
— The Station House Officer (SHO) “said that some days ago Ahmad and his family had allegedly burnt Kiran after she demanded that Ahmad marry her. He said that police had registered a case and had arrested the culprits.”
Kirian George (Photo: Pakistan Christian Post)
