LAHORE/SHEIKHUPURA, PAKISTAN (ANS) -- Kiran George, a Pakistani Christian girl, who was allegedly raped and burned alive by her master’s son in Sheikhupura, a small town some 40 miles from city of Lahore, Punjab, has since died, according to a report from AsiaNews (www.asianews.it).

The AsiaNews story said the girl died in hospital on Thursday, March 11, 2010, after two days of agony, with burns on 80% of her body.

“Kiran George worked for a Muslim family in Sheikhupura, a Punjab town,” said the AsiaNews story. “The girl died yesterday at the Mayo Hospital in Lahore, where she was hospitalized on March 9 in critical condition.”

The AsiaNews story said that, after she was allegedly raped by the son of her employer, she at first confided only with her friends for fear of losing her jobs.

“Her family’s conditions of extreme poverty had led the young girl to remain silent,” the story continued. “When Kiran George threatened her tormentor of telling her story to the police, the young man blocked her escape and closing the door, he poured gasoline all over her with the help of his sister, setting her on fire.

“The Muslim master, instead of bringing the girl to the hospital, called her parents telling them that her clothes caught fire while cleaning the kitchen.

“Kiran George was subjected to two days of slow agony, however, before dying; she told the whole story to the police who opened an investigation file on the young man.”

AsiaNews also said, “The incident occurred in a small town in Punjab and has similar details to the sad story of Shazia Bashir, the 12 year old Christian raped and murdered by a powerful lawyer in Lahore, a crime still for which he is still unpunished.”

ANS has learned that after news got out on Thursday about the maid’s death, members of the local Christian community blocked the Lahore-Sheikhupura Road in protest against the alleged murder of the Christian maid.

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