Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has intervened after reports confirmed that an influencer was manhandled by a mob in Lahore on August 14.
In a tweet on Wednesday, Sayed Bukhari said Imran Khan personally spoke to the police chief of Pakistan's Punjab province in this regard. The police are "catching all culprits involved in manhandling of female tiktoker in Lahore", said Bukhari, who is a special assistant to PM Imran Khan.
"These are gross violations of laws & social norms, govt won't spare a single person involved," Sayed Bukhari said.
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Influencer manhandled
According to reports, the incident in question took place in Lahore on Pakistan's Independence Day.
Videos show hundreds of men assaulting the influencer, tearing her clothes and manhandling her in full public view. The matter came to light after videos of the incident went viral on social media.
PM @ImranKhanPTI personally spoke to IGPunjab, police is catching all culprits involved in manhandling of female tiktoker in Lahore & those damaging statue of Ranjit Singh at LahoreFort.
— Sayed Z Bukhari (@sayedzbukhari) August 18, 2021
These are gross violations of laws & social norms, govt won’t spare a single person involved.
A complaint was also lodged in this regard at the Lorry Adda police station, according to a report by Dawn.
In her complaint, the woman said she was filming near Minar-e-Pakistan along with six of her associates when a mob of at least 200 men "attacked" them.
The influencer also alleged that the mob snatched her jewellery and the mobile phone of one of her associates, along with Rs 15,000 cash.
Statue vandalised
Syed Bukhari also said that Pakistan PM Imran Khan instructed the police chief to arrest the miscreant who vandalised a statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh at the Lahore Fort on Tuesday.
Videos of the incident show a man vandalising the nine-feet tall bronze statue of the 19th-century Sikh ruler. Initial reports suggest that the miscreant was a member of Tehreek-e-Labbaik, a far-right party in Pakistan.
TLP worker pulling down Ranjit Singh's statue at the Lahore Fort. The statue had previously been vandalized by TLP workers on at least two different occasions in the past. pic.twitter.com/IMhcZmPj7e
— Ali Usman Qasmi (@AU_Qasmi) August 17, 2021
The Tehreek-e-Labbaik was outlawed in April of this year by Imran Khan's PTI government under the country's Anti-Terrorism Act.
The accused, later identified as TLP activist Rizwan, was arrested on Tuesday by the police in Pakistan's Punjab, reported the Express Tribune.