Punjab Inspector General of Police Inam Ghani on Friday took note of the harassment of a woman traveling in a rickshaw in Lahore on Independence Day and directed the capital city Police Officer (CCPO) Ghulam Mahmood Dogar to submit a report of the incident.
According to a tweet by the official account of Punjab Police, they also issued orders to identify and arrest the suspect through safe city cameras.
Earlier today, a video of the incident was shared widely on social media, sparking outrage among citizens.
The video shows the woman traveling in the back of a Qingqi rickshaw, known as Chingchi, surrounded by men on motorcycles, some of whom were catcalling her. While the woman had her face turned to the other side, a man suddenly jumped on Chingchi and tried to kiss the woman, who was left visibly shaken.
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The latest harassment incident comes days after the Lahore Police First Information Report (FIR) filed Against hundreds of men for harassing and attacking a woman TikToker and her accomplices at the city’s Greater Iqbal Park on Independence Day.
The police swung into action on Tuesday after the video of the episode went viral and created a ruckus on social media.
Earlier today, Federal Human Rights Minister Dr Shireen Mazari said there were 24 men taken into custody Through geo-fencing and matching records from the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra).
The minister said “more arrests are expected today” in connection with the “reprehensible” incident.
Separately, IG Ghani said that senior police officers were suspended for negligence and delay in handling the incident.
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In the FIR, 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 escape from the crowd. Sensing 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 crossing the fence and coming towards us. People were pushing and pulling me to such an extent 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.
The latest cases come 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 also verbally and physically abused the couple by doing obscene acts.
Later four people were arrested.
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