Islamabad: FIR registered against man for threatening woman in viral video
- By Zulqarnain Haider -
- Dec 14, 2018
ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: Islamabad police on Friday registered a case against a man after a video of him beating, threatening and thrashing a woman went viral on social media.
The video of the incident, which went viral on social media, shows a man identified as Wasif Abbasi holding a gun and threatening a woman before thrashing her brutally in the end.
As people called for action against Abbasi, Islamabad police located the woman and inquired her about the incident before registering a case in Ramna police station.
The woman maintained in the First Information Report (FIR) that Wasif was her university fellow and was threatening her after she refused to marry him. She maintained that she can’t even attend her university for Wasif chases her and has threatened her and her friends numerous times in the past.
Police say that Wasif Abbasi is out of the country and will be arrested upon his return.
The law enforcement agency further added that Abbasi is also the leader of a gang comprising boys from Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The members of the group are said to be involved in selling drugs and other criminal activities.