Lahore (HRNW) The Lahore police have arrested 66 men on charges of harassing and assaulting a woman at Minar-e-Pakistan.
According to Lahore Investigation DIG Shariq Jamal, the men were identified via geofencing and face matching. “Their presence at the crime scene was confirmed by digital mobile forensics.”
Forty of these suspects will be presented before a Lahore court later in the day after which they will be sent to jail for an identification parade.
The police have, so far, detained 300 men in crackdowns in areas of Ravi Road, Badami Bagh, Lari Adda, and Shafiqabad. The police have sought help from National Data Bas Registration Authority (Nadra) for the men’s details and identification.
The CCTV footage shows that not a single police officer was present at the time of the incident. An inquiry committee is working to determine police negligence.
Punjab Minister for Prison Fayyaz ul Hassan Chohan has said action against the perpetrators will be taken under Section 354A (assault or use of criminal force to woman and stripping her of her clothes.–Whoever assaults or uses criminal force on any woman and strips her of her clothes and, in that condition, exposes her to the public view) of the Pakistan Penal Code.
“Under the law, culprits are sentenced to life imprisonment and even death,” he added.
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