Man arrested for sexual harassment in Islamabad

Published November 9, 2020
A man was arrested for harassing a woman after a video of the incident went viral. — Photo courtesy Hussain Afzal/File
A man was arrested for harassing a woman after a video of the incident went viral. — Photo courtesy Hussain Afzal/File

ISLAMABAD: A man was arrested for harassing a woman after a video of the incident went viral.

The video appeared to show the man, a manager at a bank in F-10, harassing a woman.

After it went viral, IGP Islamabad Mohammad Aamir Zulfiqar directed DIG (Operations) Waqaruddin Syed to take action.

A team was set up under the supervision of Shalimar Assistant Superintendent of Police Rana Abdul Wahab and included the station house officer, among others.

The team apprehended the man and legal proceedings have been initiated.

Published in Dawn, November 9th, 2020

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