Parents Kill Daughter With Acid For Talkin To A Man

A mother and father in Pakistan-administered
Kashmir killed their 15-year-old daughter by
dousing her with acid after seeing her talking to a
young man, police said on Thursday.
Local police officer Tahir Ayub told AFP the father,
Mohammad Zafar, had had suspicions about his
daughter Anvu Sha and became enraged when
he saw her with a boy outside their home on
Monday.
“Zafar beat her up and then poured acid over
her with the help of his wife. She was badly burnt
but they did not take her to hospital until the
next morning, and she died on Wednesday,”
Ayub said.
Doctor Mohammad Jahangir of the state run
Kotli hospital confirmed the death, saying the girl
was brought to hospital in a “very critical
condition” with almost 70 per cent burns.
Anvu Sha’s married elder sister alerted police and
demanded they investigate the incident in Khoi
Ratta district, 140 kilometres north of the state
capital Muzaffarabad.
“The parents have confessed, saying that they
suspected the girl had illicit relations with a boy,”
Ayub said. “We have registered a murder case
against the girl’s father and mother.”
Pakistan is a deeply conservative country, where
women, especially in poor rural areas, enjoy few
rights and protection by the police.
[AFP]