Sufferings of two girls
On Wednesday August 3, DS published two pathetic stories of child abuse. The first one is of a 12 year old, Aklima, who was sent to prison, accused of stealing by her employer. She was beaten severely and forced to admit of the theft, which she did not actually commit. Second is of Mursheda, an 8 year old, who was beaten by her landlord as she was trying to get a guava. Later she had to be admitted to hospital. Of late there have been many reports of these kind of heinous acts on children, mostly on domestic help. The matter of sorrow is that it is the educated and rich who are perpetrating these barbaric acts. I wonder when will they accord the dignity and the rights to their domestic help that they deserve? I request all conscious people, to come forward to save the innocent children and helpless domestic help.
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