Staff Reporter
An additional district and sessions court here in City on Friday granted bail to two men, accused of harassing, groping, and assaulting a woman TikToker at Minar-i-Pakistan on August 14.
During hearing on Friday, four suspects were produced in the court amid tight security. The court, however, approved the bail applications of two men, identified as Shehryar Khan and Arsalan, against surety bonds worth Rs50,000 each.
The bail of Abid and Iftikhar was, on the other hand, rejected. “We have video evidence against the men and want to question them further,” the investigation officer told the court.
Abid and Iftikhar were sent back to Camp Jail.
The suspects were identified by the TikToker in an identification parade on September 1.
Last month, the police arrested 104 men through geofencing and face matching.
On Saturday, the court released 98 men and directed the police to remove case charges against them after the victim didn’t recognise them.
Minar-i-Pakistan incident
On August 14, the TikToker was at Minar-e-Pakistan with her friends for a video shoot for her YouTube channel. She was suddenly attacked by more than 400 men. The woman tried to escape when the guards of the Greater Iqbal Park opened the fence of the gate.
The charged crowd, however, jumped over the fence and surged towards the woman. They clawed and tore her clothes, she said. Some men tried to help but the crowd was overwhelmingly huge, the TikToker added.
The mob also assaulted her friend Amir Sohail too and snatched his cellphone and Rs15,000. They even forcefully took off my gold ring and gold earrings, she said.
Meanwhile, Secretary Primary and Secondary Healthcare Imran Sikandar Baloch emphasised that vaccination is the only and effective treatment against corona.
He further said that it is Pleasant that a large number of citizens are increasingly participating in the vaccination campaign, adding that there is no shortage of vaccinations anywhere in the province.
There is ample stock of vaccines at all centres while more vaccines have been ordered to meet the future needs.
He urged the citizens to immediately get themselves vaccinated and ensure implementation of SOPs so that the country can return to normalcy.
