Lahore
police
have
booked
400
people
who
allegedly
harassed
and
molested
a
YouTuber
girl
on
Pakistan's
Independence
Day
at
the
historic
Minar-i-Pakistan,
officials
said.
The
police
got
into
action
following
the
videos
of
her
harassment
and
molestation
that
went
viral
on
social
media
with
calls
to
Prime
Minister
Imran
Khan
and
Punjab
Chief
Minister
Usman
Buzdar
to
take
action
against
the
culprits.
The
incident
took
place
on
August
14
when
hundreds
of
youngsters
were
celebrating
Independence
Day
at
Azadi
Chowk
near
Minar-i-Pakistan
in
Lahore.
In
the
videos,
hundreds
of
young
men
can
be
seen
throwing
the
girl
in
the
air
for
fun,
dragging
her,
tearing
her
clothes
and
molesting
her.
They
also
took
off
her
shalwar
(trouser)
and
molested
her.
"After
the
videos
went
viral
on
Tuesday,
the
police
approached
the
girl
on
the
order
of
the
high-ups
and
persuaded
her
to
register
FIR,"
a
senior
police
official
told
PTI.
He
said
the
girl
was
still
traumatised
and
broke
into
tears
while
narrating
what
had
happened
to
her
on
Independence
Day.
She
said
in
the
FIR
that
she
and
six
other
members
of
her
YouTube
channel
visited
Azadi
Chowk
to
record
a
video
clip
of
the
Independence
Day
celebrations.
"We
were
shooting
the
clip
when
a
good
number
of
youngsters
started
teasing
me.
They
were
joined
by
more
and
more.
Seeing
the
suspects
harassing
me,
the
security
guard
of
the
Minar-i-Pakistan
Park
opened
the
central
gate
to
let
her
enter
to
take
shelter.
When
I
crossed
the
gate
and
entered
the
park,
the
suspects
came
after
me.
They
tore
my
clothes
and
molested
me.
They
dragged
and
tossed
me
up
in
the
air
for
fun.
They
also
beat
my
team
members,
and
used
abusive
language,"
she
said
and
added
the
humiliation
continued
for
an
hour
before
some
people
(of
them)
finally
managed
to
rescue
her.
She
alleged
that
during
this
shameful
incident
her
cell
phone,
a
gold
ring
and
cash
worth
PKR
150,000
were
snatched
as
well.
The
police
officer
said
with
the
help
of
video
footage
the
suspects
will
be
arrested
soon.
There
were
reports
on
social
media
that
the
girl
was
carrying
two
flags
-
a
Pakistani
and
an
Indian
-
to
use
them
for
her
TikTok
video
clip
in
connection
with
the
Independence
Day
of
both
countries.
Someone
from
the
crowd
raised
an
objection
to
this
and
afterwards
this
incident
took
place.
The
police
however
did
not
confirm
this
social
media
report.
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