The Punjab police have taken 20 people into custody on suspicion if assaulting and groping a woman at Lahore’s Minar-e-Pakistan on Independence Day. The suspects have been over to the CIA for further interrogation, Geo reports.
They were detained from the nearby areas of the Greater Iqbal Park.
The authorities have shared the suspect’s details with the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) and are waiting for an identification report to proceed further.
The suspects were taken into custody after police obtained videos that went viral on social media of the horrific assault of a woman Tiktoker who was making videos for her channel on Independence Day.
After NADRA sends its report, the police will have the victim identify the suspects as well.
The Minar-e-Pakistan assault came to light after a video went viral on social media, showing hundreds of men attacking a woman as she went to the park with four of her friends to celebrate Independence Day. The police had registered a case against 400 men for assaulting the woman.
The Punjab government released Friday the medical examination report of the victim which confirmed details of the injuries she sustained after being assaulted.
Signs of inflammation were found on the woman’s body, the report said, adding that her neck, right hand and ears were swollen.
There are three scratches on the right side of her chest and scratches on her left arm, back and both legs.
There are also several bruises on her body, the report said.
