Stepfather sets eight-year-old on fire using petrol in Karachi

Karachi: An eight-year-old girl was set on fire by her stepfather in Landhi, area of Karachi as a result of which the girl was injured.

According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Korangi Hasan Sardar, on February 16 accused Tariq had set fire to Vaniya, an eight-year-old girl from his wife Rabia's first husband by sprinkling petrol that caused 25% burns to the girl's body.

The police stated that the girl's mother concealed the matter from the police due to her husband's fear and the woman used to get the girl's treatment done sometimes from a private hospital and sometimes from civil hospital.

According to the plaintiff, she married a man named Tariq two years ago, with whom the plaintiff has a son. She has an eight-year-old daughter with her ex-husband Amjad, who lives with her. On February 16, the daughter came home from tuition and the husband Tariq started beating her.

“I tried to save the girl, then the husband hit her in anger and sprinkled petrol on the daughter and set her on fire, which was saved with great difficulty, now the husband is threatening to kill me,’ added the woman.

The police stated that a case has been registered against the girl's stepfather for the incident of sprinkling petrol on an eight-year-old girl and setting her on fire. The search for the accused is ongoing and he will be arrested soon.