JHANG: A 17-year-old girl committed suicide after a video of her being harassed by some boys in the Jhang district of Punjab went viral on different social media platforms.
According to the police sources, some young boys harassed the girl and forced her to sit on their motorbike. One of the young men forced the girl to sit behind him on the vehicle, while the other person filmed the whole episode, police added.
Later, the men uploaded the video on social media from where it went viral, forcing the girl to commit suicide. Jhang police have registered a case against the men and announced that one of the suspects was arrested. However, the girl’s family has refused to pursue the case against the men.
Meanwhile, the police said they had registered the case on the complaint by the state, hence, will proceed against the suspects.
It is worth mentioning here that incidents of sexual abuse have been reported from the province and in a recent incident, a young girl was allegedly gang-raped by more than four people in Faisalabad.
According to a report issued by the Punjab Police, the crime rate in Punjab increased by 14 percent in the province during 2020 as compared to the previous year.
More than 328, 00 rape cases were reported in different areas of the province during the last eight months, according to data compiled by the police department.
The report said more than 160 murder cases were reported from January 01 till August 10, while the robbery was reported 11,587 times in Punjab.
During the last eight months of 2020, 22 cases of ransom kidnapping and 2523 cases of rape were registered in the province. The report said that 132 cases of gang rape were registered.
