LAHORE: Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Punjab Inam Ghani has rejected provincial government spokesperson Fayazzul Hasan Chohan’s claims of identifying the culprit who harassed and forcibly kissed a girl near Lahore’s Greater Iqbal Park on Independence Day.
“We have identified the person who has shot the video, not the harasser,” Inspector-General Punjab Inam Ghani said while speaking to a private news channel.
Punjab police on Sunday had arrested the man who filmed the viral video of a woman being sexually harassed while sitting on a Qingqi rickshaw, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communication, Dr Shahbaz Gill had said.
Last week, Fayyaz Chohan said he had spoken to IG Punjab Inam Ghani, who had briefed him on the matter. Quoting Ghani, he said that a special team had been set up for the case — which will use all available modern, scientific methods to identify the criminals.
“In a day or two, we will trace them, and later on, will also make arrests,” the spokesperson had said while speaking to Geo News.
Chohan had said he could not confirm whether the criminal involved had been arrested, however, he assured the nation that the man has been identified using CCTV cameras.
The incident
A few days back, a video showing a Pakistani man sexually harassing a woman went viral on social media, sparking outrage from different echelons of society.
The video showed the woman travelling in the back of a Qingqi rickshaw, better known as Chingchi, which was 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 onto the Chingchi and tried to kiss the woman, who was left visibly shaken.
After the video went viral on social media, a case was registered at the Lari Adda police station on the station house officer’s (SHO) complaint, after police were shown a video of the incident.
The FIR estimates 10-12 “morally unrestrained” men on board motorcycles to have harassed two women sitting on board a Qingqi rickshaw, with a child seated in between them.
