Tag: Lahore

  • Rickshaw driver allegedly rapes woman, minor daughter

    Rickshaw driver allegedly rapes woman, minor daughter

    A rickshaw driver along with his companion have allegedly gang-raped a woman and her minor daughter near LDA Avenue, ARY News reported on Monday.

    According to the police statement of the victim, the rickshaw drove the mother and the daughter around before stopping it at a shady spot near LDA Avenue where the driver, along with his friend, allegedly raped them both.

    The woman said she reached Thokar Niaz Baig on a coach and sat in a rickshaw for Saddar Cantt, but then the accused drove them wayward and finally parked the vehicle at LDA Avenue in the dark of the night.

    Chung Police have arrested the suspect while the victims have been taken to the hospital for medical tests.

    Read More: 12-year-old boys ‘gang rape four-year-old girl’ in Punjab

    Police said they are still gathering more evidence into the case and confirmed the rickshaw had the registration plate LEU-4882, which the alleged rapist abandoned when victims shouted for help.

    “They both raped me and my daughter one after another inside the rickshaw,” the victim said, adding that they ran away when they shouted for help.
    FIR states that the suspects snatched a phone and Rs5,000 cash from the woman as well.

  • Suspect in Minar-e-Pakistan incident gets pre-arrest bail

    Suspect in Minar-e-Pakistan incident gets pre-arrest bail

    A Lahore session court, on Saturday granted pre-arrest bail to a suspect, identified as Shehroz Saeed, who was allegedly involved in the horrendous mass sexual assault case at Minar-e-Pakistan on August 14.

    The bail is until September 3. According to Saeed’s lawyer, he is ready to cooperate with the authorities, and therefore, the court should direct police authorities to refrain from arresting him.

    Further developments

    Lahore police have arrested 66 people through geo-fencing, face matching, and conducted raids at 26 different places so far, confirms Government Spokesperson Shahbaz Gill.

    The police officer said that the woman who was attacked, Ayesha Akram, and her colleagues will identify the suspects during the parade and the remaining suspects.

    Ayesha Akram was attacked by 400 men when she was trying to record a video with four of her friends to celebrate Independence Day.

  • Mob beats up woman reportedly in Lahore Park

    A video is doing rounds on social media that shows several people beating a woman reportedly in a park in Lahore.

    A mob can be seen physically assaulting a woman while a few people helped her and dragged her out of that crowd.

    https://youtu.be/iQqU-E8QJfs

    Earlier, two more women were harassed in separate incidents on August 14 that sparked outrage on social media.

  • Two more women harassed in separate incidents on Aug 14, spark outrage on social media

    Two more women harassed in separate incidents on Aug 14, spark outrage on social media

    Another video of a woman being harassed in public on August 14 surfaced on social media.

    In the video, it can be seen that the woman is travelling on public transport [rickshaw] when a man out of nowhere jumps on the rickshaw and forcibly kisses her.

    The woman seems shocked at what happened to her and we hear a scream in the background.

    The women are visibly disturbed at the sight of a couple of motorcyclists hounding the rickshaw, catcalling and leering at them.

    The rickshaw appears to be surrounded by men in cars and motorcycles carrying the national flag, which indicates that the incident took place during Independence Day celebrations.

    The video triggered anger and uproar on social media, with many people calling for the government to take strict action against sexual harassers.

    In another video shown on Geo news, it can be seen that men present at Greater Iqbal Park have surrounded a woman and are harassing her. The woman took a stick and aimed it at the men surrounding her. Then men then dispersed to protect themselves.

    Previously, a viral video showed a woman being sexually assaulted by a large group of men at Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore on August 14. The incident was confirmed after a First Information Report (FIR) was registered.

    Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari tweeted on Friday that 24 men had been detained through geo-fencing and matching records from National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) for harassing and assaulting a female TikToker and her team members at Lahore’s Greater Iqbal Park on Independence Day.

    The minister wrote, “More arrests are expected today” in connection with the “condemnable” incident.

  • Ex-cop loses life saving child from being hit by train in Lahore

    A former police official died on Friday while trying to save a child from being crushed by a train in Lahore, ARY News reported.

    According to details shared by Superintendent of Police (SP) City Lahore Hassan Jahangir, the former sub-inspector Siddique, who retired from service last year, lost his life at a railway track while saving a child.

    “The child was playing at a railway crossing and was about to be hit by a train when Siddique rescued him and in the entire process lost his life after being crushed by the train,” the police official said.

    The SP said that the sub-inspector was on his way to his personal work when the incident happened. “We are also looking for the parents of the child who was saved in the entire effort,” he said.

    Siddique retired last year after serving at the police department for 38 years.
    The body of the former cop has been moved to a hospital for the medico-legal process.

  • Journalists Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat ‘arrested’ by FIA

    Journalists Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat ‘arrested’ by FIA

    Senior journalists Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat went missing on Saturday morning from Lahore.

    Hamid took to Twitter and confirmed the news. “Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cyber Crimes Wing Lahore kidnapped journalist Amir Mir in Lahore this morning.”

    “We came to know about his location after 5 hours. FIA snatched his [Amir Mir’s] phone and laptop,” read the tweet. Amir Mir is Hamid Mir’s brother.

    Hamid Mir also wrote about the disappearance of Imran Shafqat, stating that FIA arrested him as well.

    Meanwhile, Imran Shafqat was arrested from his house by use of force. As per reports, around10 people, both men, and women barged into his residence, raided his place, and took him away.

    Talking to BBC, Imran Shafqat’s sister Anum Noor said, “The bell rang at our house in Mughalpura area of Lahore at 12:30pm today. My brother Imran Shafqat opened the door after which 10 people entered our house.”

    Anum Noor said eight of the 10 people were without uniforms and two were wearing “white uniforms”.

    “They said we came from the FIA. Didn’t say more than that. Neither did they show an arrest warrant,” added Noor.

    “They dragged my brother out of the house,” said Noor Anum.

    Journalist Shahid Aslam confirmed that both Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat are in the custody of FIA.

    Director FIA Cyber Crimes Wing Lahore, DIG Babar Bakht is supervising the investigation, as per Shahid Aslam.

    Reportedly Imran Shafqat is accused of doing a Vlog against the “First Lady” whereas the reasons to arrest Amir Mir are still unknown.

    Some say Amir Mir has been arrested for a news story that ran on his YouTube channel, Googly News.

    Twitter reacted to the alleged abduction of both Imran Shafqat and Amir Mir.

    Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) tweeted, “We demand safe return and an immediate inquiry into the circumstances of his disappearance.”

     Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto strongly condemned the arrest of journalists Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat and demanded their release.

    Journalist Raza Rumi tweeted, “I have spent about 18 summers of my life in England. I have seen the British media, they are very open and free. But the Pakistan media, in my opinion, is freer than the British media: PM Imran Khan.”

    Journalist Asma Shirazi questions, “When will the disappearance of journalists stop?”

    Journalist Zebunnia Burki tweeted, ” I’d say unbelievable, but it’s really not.”

  • Four missing girls ‘escape abduction from prostitute dealers’

    Four missing girls ‘escape abduction from prostitute dealers’

    Sahiwal police have rescued four girls that went missing from the Hanjarwal area of Lahore six days ago.

    SHO of Ghalla Mandi Sahiwal police station, Imdad Khan confirmed to the BBC that the four abducted girls had been rescued and handed over to Lahore police, where further investigation into the case would continue.

    DETAILS OF THE ABDUCTION

    On July 30, four girls from Nambardaranwala Chowk in Hanjarwal left their house after getting ‘disappointed with the domestic circumstances’. At around midnight, a rickshaw driver dropped the four girls on the main road near the EME Society and no trace of them was found since then.

    An official involved in the investigation said that the police had detained the rickshaw driver and a neighbour of the girls for an inquiry as the neighbour was with the girls till 11 pm. However, he later left the girls in Hanjarwal and went home.

    Two days after the girls went missing, the girls’ father filed a petition against their alleged abduction at the Hanjarwal police station.

    He stated that apart from his two daughters, two of his neighbour’s daughters had left home to travel on the Orange train but never returned. He searched for the girls but could not find them. The father suspected that the girls had been abducted.

    RESCUE EFFORTS

    After the complaint, various police teams were formed to rescue the girls. According to investigators, they rescued the girls after one of the girls switched on her mobile phone.

    SHO Khan told the BBC that according to the initial investigation, the girls were picked up by a rickshaw driver from EME society and when he got to know that the girls had left their house, he provoked them and took them to his house.

    According to the SHO, the accused rickshaw driver contacted a friend and the two planned to take the girls to their hometown of Sahiwal for sale at a brothel.

    The accused kept the four girls in Lahore for two days, Saturday and Sunday, then took them to Sahiwal in a car.

    Imdad Khan further said that Sahiwal police had been conducting raids on brothels for the past several days. On August 2, during a raid, they arrested a person involved in this case who was later released on bail. The police, however, had no information about his involvement in this case.

    The person involved left the girls at a deserted place immediately after being released on bail, fearing that the police might have reached their area in search of these girls.

    The suspects kept the four girls in the Farid Town area of ​​Sahiwal while their wives assisted them there.

    “We received a call on the ’15’ informing us of four minor girls,” SHO said. We immediately rushed to the spot and took the girls into our custody and then later as a result of talking to them, we found out that these girls have reached here from Lahore and Lahore police were also looking for them.”

    All the accused, including two women, are now in police custody and an investigation is underway.

    THE CASE

    Responding to a question, SHO said that Lahore police had registered a case under section 363 of the Pakistan Penal Code, which could carry the death penalty.

    The SHO claimed that the conversations with the girls made it clear that none of them had been sexually assaulted in any way, but Lahore police will still conduct medical tests to meet legal requirements.

    The police officer said that the girls have refused to return to their homes due to fear. After their statement in the court, it will be decided whether they will be sent to their homes or a Darulaman.

    FURTHER DETAILS

    Mohammad Qamar, the investigating officer in the case, said that not all the cameras of Safe City were fully operational in the area around Multan Road where the metro train track had passed, which made it difficult for them to find the girls.

  • Four missing girls from Lahore found in Sahiwal: Police

    Four missing girls from Lahore found in Sahiwal: Police

     Four girls who went missing for the last four days have been found in Sahiwal, Geo News reported Wednesday.

    As per reports, they went missing from Lahore’s Hanjarwal area. The mother of two of the girls said that her daughters went missing with their neighbours’ daughters at 8pm on July 30.

    “Out of fear of humiliation, we did not inform anyone and searched for the girls ourselves,” she said.

    According to the police, the four girls were found in Sahiwal and Lahore police officials had gone to Sahiwal to pick them up from there.

    The girls reportedly said that they were not kidnapped by anyone but turned off their mobile phones for fear of being scolded by their parents. The police traced their location when one of the girls switched on her mobile phone.

    Read More: Four missing girls from Lahore found in Sahiwal: police

    Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar had ordered Punjab Police to recover the missing girls and told Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Lahore to submit a report.

    In a similar incident, the Lahore police found four more girls who had run away from Pakpattan, according to a statement issued by the CCPO Lahore. The case was reported to Pakpattan police.

    According to a statement given to the police, the girls said they fled Pakpattan because they feared their uncle. The girls will be safely sent to their families, Lahore CCPO Ghulam Mahmood Dogar said.

  • Imam Masjid arrested for ‘torturing’ 13-year-old boy in Lahore

    Imam Masjid arrested for ‘torturing’ 13-year-old boy in Lahore

    A 13-year-old boy was beaten up by an Imam Masjid because he reportedly took a leave for a day.

    Lahore police on Tuesday arrested the imam of a mosque for allegedly torturing a 13-year-old boy.

    As per reports, Assistant Superintendent of Police Kahna Circle Shoaib Memon and his team went to arrest the imam identified as Tariq.

    Read More: Woman raped in front of 14-month-old baby, both die in hospital

    According to a statement issued by Lahore’s Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) office, the police took notice of the incident and released orders to instantly arrest the mosque’s imam.

    CCPO Ghulam Muhammad Dogar said that the Model Town police has already started an investigation into the matter to serve justice.

    “No incident of torture against children will be tolerated,” said Dogar.

  • CSS aspirant commits suicide

    CSS aspirant commits suicide

    A young woman who had moved to Lahore to study for the Central Superior Services (CSS) exam died by suicide, the police said Friday according to The News.

    The woman was a resident of Multan. The police said the 25-year-old left a note in her room where her body was found hanging from a ceiling fan.

    She left a letter in her room dated July 13, stating that she was losing her life and that her existence was nothing but a burden and failure, the police said. The letter said she would miss her father.

    According to the police, a forensic team has collected samples from the victim’s flat. Her family has refused to have an autopsy conducted.

    The Central Superior Service exam is conducted by the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) Islamabad for recruitment into the federal government. The demanding exam has often been heavily criticised for its poor passing percentage ratio seen for years.