Man who harassed woman on rickshaw in Lahore identified: police

LAHORE: A man who harassed a woman travelling in a rickshaw near Minar-e-Pakistan on Independence Day in Lahore has been identified, police confirmed on Saturday.

The Lahore police have also identified the man who was filming the woman being harassed near Minar-e-Pakistan on August 14 night.

Police have launched a search operation to arrest both culprits, said sources.

Separately, police today registered a case against a nearly dozen motorcyclists over a video showing harassment of women.

According to details, the police have registered a case at Laari Adda police station against 10 to 12 unidentified motorcyclists who were spotted in the video harassing the female riders.

The police have accessed the safe city cameras in the area where the incident has been reported in order to identify the suspects.

On Friday, yet another video clip showing a man harassing a woman in Lahore on Independence Day went viral on social media, sparking outrage.

The video shows the man chasing and harassing women travelling in a Qingqi Rickshaw. He can be seen trying to inappropriately touch one of the women seated in the back of the rickshaw.

More videos of women being subjected to harassment at Lahore’s Greater Iqbal Park have surfaced after the incident of a crowd of men assaulting a female TikTok figure.