Islamabad police have arrested a man on Monday for allegedly harassing and attempting to abduct social media influencer Samiya Hijab.

 

A statement from the police spokesperson said the action was taken after her complaint and video statement in which she claimed that she was attacked by a man who tried to kidnap her.

 

A case was registered in the capital’s Shalimar Police Station at her complaint under Sections 354 (assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 365 (Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person), 392 (punishment for robbery), 500 (punishment for defamation), 509 and 511 of the Pakistan Penal Code.

 

The social media influencer said in the first information report that the suspect had been stalking her for several days. She also posted a video on her Instagram that this man has been harassing her. 

 

She added that 6:30 pm on Sunday, an attempt was made to forcefully take her out of the house.

 

“Today’s incident further escalated when he attempted to forcibly abduct me from my house while I was returning his gifts. This amounts to abduction, harassment, and assault under the law. For evidence, I have CCTV footage,” she was quoted as saying in the FIR.

 

Samiya also took to Instagram to thank Islamabad police and mentioned that the suspect had threatened her to take her complaint back.

 

In her previous video, she said, “I am not one of those girls who cannot raise their voices for their rights."

 

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She also said that she does not want what happened to her “friend”, Sana Yousaf, to happen to her.

 

Earlier in June, the Islamabad police said they had arrested the main suspect in the murder case of 17-year-old social media influencer Sana Yousaf, a day after she was shot dead in her house.

Meanwhile, old pictures of Samiya and the alleged suspect are making rounds on social media in which they can be seen spending time together.