Video of another woman being assaulted goes viral

LAHORE: Amid multiple incidents of harassment against women surfacing, another horrific video of a woman being assaulted reportedly in Lahore went viral on social media.

According to the video, the incident appears to have taken place in a park. The video shows a large mob beating up a woman, dressed in a white shalwar kameez and green dupatta.

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Another young woman, who is accompanied by an elderly woman, can be seeing try to pull her away from the crowd. The woman is eventually wrestled free from the mob. She can be seen struggling to catch her breath.

The police said a probe to ascertain the identity of the victim was underway. “We are also trying to determine where the incident took place,” the police added.

Meanwhile, IGP Punjab Inam Ghani has taken notice of the incident and ordered Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Ghulam Mahmood Dogar to analyse the footage and submit a report.

Ghani has also requested the public to come forward with any information they might have regarding the incident. He vowed to arrest the perpetrators soon and launch a thorough probe into the incident.