‘Guard’ caught hitting woman on social media video held

KARACHI: Following a video that was trending on social media showing a man wearing a police uniform publicly humiliating a woman and the issue subsequently being highlighted on Geo News; DIG South late on Wednesday announced that the suspect has been arrested.

According to DIG South the man identified as Akbar, was a guard of a local company and had illegally worn a police uniform. Akbar was arrested from Hijrat colony.

The DIG added that two office-bearers of Gulf Shopping Centre, where the incident took place, were also taken into custody.

The video had revealed a shocking incident of public humiliation and brutality against a woman, accused of an alleged theft, being violently forced to confess to the crime right in front of a child while a crowd could be seen watching her being tormented in the background of the video.

Investigation officials revealed that a case was lodged against the woman for theft in Clifton Police Station last year. She was subjected to torture by the administration of the shopping mall before being handed over to police on Muharram 7 (October 21).

The woman was shown being slapped on the face aggressively multiple times in the video, and was verbally abused in extremely foul language loudly in front of the public including the child.

Audio revealed the guard saying, “Now I will see how she does not confess to the theft and does not return the stolen items.”

Following the Geo News report of the shocking video, Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah had taken notice of the incident and asked for a report from the IG Sindh.