LAHORE: Lahore Police on Saturday nabbed 130 people and identified 40 of them through video evidence of the Minar-e-Pakistan incident where a female TikToker was allegedly assaulted and harassed on Independence Day.
“We have also recorded the statement of a person accompanying the female TikToker and he has also undergone a medical test,” they said adding that the suspects arrested are also being identified with the help of those accompanying the TikToker.
They mentioned that initially 130 suspects were arrested and 70 of them were released after the identification of 22 suspects the previous day.
Moreover, the police informed that they have taken the female TikToker in protective custody after she was receiving calls and visitors after the Minar-e-Pakistan incident.
“She is being allowed to meet her relatives and family members in the protective custody,” they said.
Earlier in the day, it was reported that a session court granted pre-arrest bail to a suspect allegedly involved in Minar-e-Pakistan assault where a TikToker was assaulted and harassed on Independence Day.
The session court in Lahore approved pre-arrest bail to a suspect identified as Shehroz Saeed until Sept 3. The court also sought a police record in the Minar-e-Pakistan case.
Saeed’s lawyer said that the suspect was ready to cooperate with the authorities and therefore the court should direct the police authorities to refrain from arresting him.
