LAHORE: The Chuhng police arrested a driver who physically assaulted a petrol pump employee after he requested him to stop smoking.

It happened at a Jubli Town filling station when the suspect reached there to get a refill. As the salesman told him smoking on the premises was banned, he came out of the car and thrashed him. Later, fled the scene after the refill.

The police acted swiftly and arrested suspect Idris Bhatti.

A police official said that the man had obtained the car on rent and went underground to avoid arrest.

Police claimed to have recovered from his possession an illegal weapon and sent him behind the bars.

As soon as suspect was brought to the police station building, the victim, who was present there to lodge a complaint, stepped up and slapped him in revenge. A footage of slapping also went viral on social media.

Published in Dawn, October 24th, 2026