KARACHI: A local court in Karachi has handed over a two-month jail term and a fine worth Rs20,000 to a man who had harassed a girl travelling through a rickshaw on Sharea Faisal Road.
The judicial magistrate has announced the verdict in a speedy trial of a harassment case against a young man named Hamza. The accused man was found guilty of harassing a girl at Sharea Faisal road in Karachi.
Hamza has been handed over two-month imprisonment and a fine of Rs20,000 in the harassment case.
The court ruled that the convict will spend one more week in jail for not paying the fine money.
According to police, the accused and his friends had followed a girl who was travelling through a rickshaw on July 17. They kept harassing the girl by grabbing her hand and using foul language.
Police said that the affected girl had recorded the video of the harassment incident.
A case was registered at Sharea Faisal police station after the harassment video went viral on social media.
