In an incident that will probably haunt him for the rest of his life, a 10-year-old saw his mother being set ablaze by his father, following an argument over dowry. Irfan Sheikh (34), his parents and his two sisters had allegedly been torturing 27-year-old Meena for dowry ever since the couple got married in 2003.

The birth of two kids, 4-year-old Anwar and 10-year-old Imran, and the fact that eleven years had elapsed since the couple’s marriage did not stop the daily beatings and torture. On June 14, there was a heated argument between Meena and Irfan in which her in-laws were also involved.