400 men sexually assault one woman while celebrating Independence day in Pakistan, booked
The victim went to Greater Iqbal Park on Independence Day with four friends to make a TikTok video. Hundreds of men attacked the victim, tore off her clothes, and tossed her in the air, police say.
LAHORE: In yet another terrifying episode of violence against women, a woman in Lahore’s Greater Iqbal Park was assaulted by hundreds of men.
The Lahore police on Tuesday registered a case against hundreds of unidentified persons for assaulting and stealing from the woman TikToker and her companions at the city’s Greater Iqbal Park on Independence Day.
She and her companions made a lot of effort to escape from the mob but to no avail. “The crowd was huge and people were scaling the enclosure and coming towards us. People were pushing and pulling me to the extent that they tore my clothes. Several people tried to help me but the crowd was too huge and they kept throwing me in the air,” she said, adding that her companions were also assaulted.
The Lahore police on Tuesday registered a case against hundreds of unidentified persons for assaulting and stealing from the woman TikToker and her companions at the city’s Greater Iqbal Park on Independence Day. Her ring and earrings were “forcibly taken”, the mobile phone of one of her companions, his identity card and Rs 15,000 were snatched, the report said.
Out of hundreds of men, many of who just stood there and even made a video, only one person came to the woman’s rescue and helped her get out of the park.
Inspector General Punjab took immediate notice of the incident and registered a case against 400 people on the complaint of the woman. However, none have been identified so far.
“The unidentified persons assaulted us violently,” the complainant added. Lahore DIG Operations Sajid Kiyani ordered the superintendent of police (SP) to take “immediate legal action” against the suspects involved in the incident.
Those who “violated women’s honour and harassed them will be brought within the ambit of the law”, he said. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media with citizens expressing anger over the actions of the men in the video.
