SAHIWAL: Yousafwala police arrested 22 persons, including some transpersons, for allegedly performing and watching obscene dances in a fair at 85/5-L village on Sunday night.

As per police sources, the action was taken after District Police Officer (DPO) Usman Tipu took notice of some live videos of the event surfacing on social media.

On the DPO’s orders, a police team raided the fair and arrested 22 dancers, including transpersons and spectators.

The sources say that 10 other spectators and transperson dancers managed to escape during the raid. The police also seized loudspeakers and other equipment being used at the event.

Yousafwala police registered a case under Section 294 of the Pakistan Penal Code and Section 6 of the Sound System Act on the complaint of Sub-Inspector Muhammad Sakhi and initiated investigation.

BOY GANG-RAPED: A boy was allegedly gang-raped in Odh Colony, Muhammadpura, on Sunday.As per police sources, the complainant, Noor Bibi, stated that her nine-year-old son wentoutside to play when three suspects ‘A’, ‘H’, and ‘Y’ forcibly took him into fields and subjected him to gang rape.

The suspects threatened to kill the boy if he informed anyone about the episode, and fled the scene.

The boy, however, shared his ordeal with his parents, who reported the matter to police. Ghala Mandi police registered a case under Section 375-A of the Pakistan Penal Code on the complaint of the boy’s mother, Noor Bibi, and started investigation.

The police claimed to have arrested two of the suspects.

Published in Dawn, October 20th, 2026