GUJRAT: A 10-year-old boy, of Jalalpur Jattan, referred to Lahore for his life-threatening injuries by the Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Teaching Hospital (ABSTH) late on Monday, died on Tuesday.

The police said Noorul Islam was brought to the ABSTH by his stepmother, Bushra Begum, who told doctors that his condition was deteriorated due to constipation and he hit his head on a wall that caused injuries to him.

Doctors, however, alerted the police as the boy’s body had marks of torture. The Jalalpur Jattan Saddar police lodged a case under section 324 of the Pakistan Penal Code on the report of ASI Nazim Javed and after Noor’s death, the police added Section 302 to the case.

Published in Dawn, December 29th, 2021