Police claim women stripped naked in Faisalabad professional thieves

Faisalabad (HRNW) The women who were beaten and stripped at Faisalabad’s market Tuesday were hardened thieves, the police claimed on Wednesday.

Multiple footages have emerged of the same group stealing items from shops in Bilal Ganj and Jhang Bazar, according to official.

However, the authorities have decided to act against the shopkeepers for meting out “inhuman treatment” to the women.

The reports of women being stripped naked and beaten by shopkeepers had led to an outcry on social media on Tuesday after footages were posted online.

The Punjab police reported that they had arrested five shopkeepers.

The incident took place in a market at Sargodha Road where the shopkeepers were accused of stripping two women naked after beating them on the suspicion of theft.

Videos taken from mobile phones and CCTV cameras went viral on the internet.

A video that caused outrage shows two women stripped naked and crying surrounded by several shopkeepers and passersby.