The Lahore Police on Tuesday registered a case against hundreds of unidentified people for allegedly attacking and stealing a woman TikToker and her associates at the city’s Greater Iqbal Park on Independence Day.
A copy of which is available in the First Information Report (FIR) filed at Lorry Adda police station. don.com, the complainant said that she, along with six accomplices, was making a video near Minar-e-Pakistan on Independence Day, when around 300 to 400 people “attacked us”.
He said that he and his associates tried hard to avoid the crowd. Seeing the situation, the security guard of the park opened the gate of the enclosure around Minar-e-Pakistan, the FIR quoted him as saying.
“However, the crowd was huge and people were coming towards us crossing the fence. People were pushing me so much that they tore my clothes. Many people tried to help me. But the crowd was too much and they kept throwing me in the air,” she said.
He further said that his comrades were also assaulted. During the clash, his ring and earrings were “forcibly snatched” apart from the mobile phone of one of his accomplices, his identity card and Rs 15,000 on his person.
“Unknown people attacked us violently,” the complainant said.
The FIR was registered under sections 354A (assault or criminal force against woman and her stripping off her clothes), 382 (theft after preparation to cause death, hurt or restraint), 147 (rioting). and 149 (Unlawful Assembly) of the Pakistan Penal Code.
Meanwhile, Lahore DIG Operations Sajid Kiyani ordered the Superintendent of Police (SP) to take “immediate legal action” against the suspects involved in the incident.
“The suspects should be traced with the help of the footage,” a statement quoted the police officer as saying.
“Those who violated the dignity of women and harassed them will be brought under the purview of the law,” Kiyani said.
A video of the incident started circulating on social media today, with citizens expressing anger over the actions of the men in the video.
The latest incident comes after a renewed focus on violence against women in Pakistan. noor mukadami And quratul ain In July.
In the same month, a video went viral on social media in which six men were seen harassing a couple in Islamabad. The men held the couple at gunpoint, forced them to undress and then thrashed them. Apart from this, he used to abuse the couple while abusing them.
four suspects were later Arrested.
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