_akhbar.jpg)
HAFIZABAD: A labourer was allegedly subjected to torture and public humiliation by workers of influential people after being accused of harassing a girl at Hassan Town.
According to the victim, Gulfam, a resident of Hassan Town, he was riding his cycle in a street a few days ago when some workers allegedly stopped him from standing there and accused him of harassing a girl.
He said they subsequently subjected him to physical torture. The victim alleged that the accused later took him to a dera, where they shaved his hair, eyebrows and moustache, put a garland of shoes around his neck and allegedly made him sit on a donkey before parading him through the streets and neighbourhood. The accused also filmed the incident and circulated it on social media. Gulfam’s mother Iqbal Bibi and brother Khurram said their family was extremely poor and appealed to the authorities to provide them justice. They alleged that despite the video of the incident surfacing, police had failed to take effective action against the influential suspects. The family has appealed to senior police officials and other authorities to conduct a transparent investigation and provide them justice.
