‘I believe in protecting every citizen’, Murtaza Wahab says in light of harassment cases

On Friday, police arrested the suspect who sexually harassed a woman on a street in the Samanabad area of Karachi.

The incident reportedly took place on October 5 while the accused was identified as Asif Ali.

CCTV footage shows Ali harassing the woman, escaping the scene right after.

After the video came to light, social media reacted, with people demanding the man be arrested immediately.

A statement issued by the District Central Police said that the accused, a resident og Bhanguria Goth of Azizabad, has been arrested. He runs a mobile bakery service on a motorcycle.

Moreover, the FIR of the incident was also lodged which included sections 294 and 354 of the Pakistan Penal Code.

The Current spoke with Murtaza Wahab, Mayor of Karachi and a member of Pakistan People’s Party, in regards to the persistent harassment cases in the city.

“As Mayor Karachi, I believe in protecting every citizen. Such incidents of sexual violence are horrific and shameful and will not be tolerated at all. The culprit in this video has been arrested. Police have also arrested another person for a similar offence,” he said.

Similar incidents have taken place in the previous months.

Earlier this month, a video showed a young man riding a motorcycle on Rashid Minhas Road harassing university students travelling in a bus.

In July, a man stripped himself naked and sexually harassed a woman in broad daylight.