30 more persons on Sunday were sent to jail for identification parade by a judicial magistrate in Lahore for their alleged involvement in the case of a female TikToker, who was assaulted and harassed at Minar-e-Pakistan, Lahore, on Independence Day.
It emerged that the Punjab Police had produced the 30 suspects before the district courts in a prison van with their faces covered after raids were carried out in Faisalabad, Kasur and Sheikhupura during which 30 people were arrested, bringing the total number of arrested persons to 96.
The investigation officer sought the court’s permission to conduct the identification parade of the suspects to identify the culprits involved in the incident.
He told the magistrate that the complainant would try to identify the suspects in the jail.
The magistrate allowed police to shift the suspects to the judicial lockup for 14 days and directed the jail authorities to make special arrangements for the identification parade.
A day earlier, police said that they have arrested 130 people and identified 40 of them through videos of the Minar-e-Pakistan incident.
The police while sharing progress on the matter said they have so far identified 40 people whose presence has been confirmed via video evidence available with the authorities.
“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 said that overall 130 suspects have been arrested and 70 of them were released after the identification of 22 suspects the previous day.
Moreover, it emerged on Sunday that Prime Minister Imran Khan will get a briefing on during his upcoming Lahore visit on Wednesday.
According to a report by INP, PM Imran is expected to reach Lahore on Wednesday where he would be briefed on various provincial affairs.
“The prime minister will chair a high-level meeting at the Chief Minister House where he would review uplift projects launched in the Punjab province,” they said.
It further emerged that the prime minister would also be briefed on the progress being made on the case.
