9-yr-old, Shireen Fatima of Telangana lodges police complaint against father’s attrocities

Hyderabad: A 9-year-old girl of Kamareddy approached the police alleging that her drunken father beats her and her mother every day. 

Shireen Fatima of Birkoor mandal of Kamareddy district filed a police complaint against her father.

The girl studying in class IV complained to the police that her father Lateef gets drunk and beat her and her mother daily. She requested police to arrange hostel accommodation for her so that she could stay there and study. 

The girl expressed fear that her father would beat her if she stayed at home. The girl added that the drunken father abuses her and her mother and says that he will strangle them.

On hearing the girl’s complaint, the police summoned her parents for counseling and warned Lateef that action would be taken against him if his behavior did not change.