MULTAN: Police arrested a TikToker on Thursday for displaying a weapon in a video.

The suspect was identified as Daniyal who was arrested near Wahdat Colony by the Lohari Gate police after he uploaded the video on social media.

Police claimed to have recovered the weapon used in the video.

An FIR against the suspect was lodged.

BOOKED: Jalalpur Pirwala police lodged a case against five nominated and 15 unidentified people for allegedly holding the Multan Electric and Power Company (Mepco) employees hostage.

The FIR has been lodged on the complaint of Mepco Sub-Divisional Officer Alipur Sadaat who informed the police that he, along with other staff, was checking meters of Kausar Abbas and Muddasir’s houses when both of them along with 13 others started misbehaving with the Mepco team.

He alleged the suspects locked the Mepco team in a room for more than two hours.

Published in Dawn, July 16th, 2021