Police have arrested a man accused of harassing a woman passerby in Karachi’s Orangi Town, after a video of the incident went viral on social media.
The suspect, identified as Owais, was arrested from the jurisdiction of the Pakistan Bazaar police station, police said.
According to police, they identified the suspect with the help of the video circulating on social media. During interrogation, Owais reportedly confessed that the incident took place on August 21 near Orangi Sector A-15.
Police said that a case has been registered against the suspect and further investigation is under way.
In a similar incident, Karachi police arrested a 45-year-old motorcyclist, identified as Arsalan, for allegedly committing an obscene act after seeing women inside a bus on Rashid Minhas Road.
The incident, which took place on June 19, was recorded by citizens while the footage later circulated on social media. Police said that they traced the suspect using the video, local informers and CCTV footage before arresting him from his home in Jauharabad.
A case was registered and the suspect was also filmed admitting to the act and apologising, although police said that the apology had no legal value.
