An undated video purportedly showing a police official holding a tray full of cash bundles for TikToker Kashif Zameer has sparked widespread debate online.

 

The viral video shows a man in a police uniform standing beside a stage, carrying a tray filled with cash bundles for the TikToker, who is picking up the money and tossing it into the air over the people present on the stage. A couple of people can also be seen dancing around the TikToker to the beat of Qawwali music.

 

Since the video has made rounds on social media, netizens are debating about the role and decorum expected of police officers. A social media user, while tagging the Punjab Police Official, shared the video on X (formerly Twitter) with the caption, “Have the officers of @OfficialDPRPP been reduced to just holding trays of cash while TikTokers throw money around?”

 

Another user wrote, “Rarely have I ever felt such secondhand embarrassment as I did watching this video. What could be a greater insult to the uniform entrusted by the public?”

 

One of the users maintained, “In Kasur, the police humiliated people by filing cases over dancing — and here, the same police are holding up cash for a TikToker while he dances. This is how they’re performing their duty?”

 

“Punjab Police has been given additional responsibilities... Punjab Police will now also perform such duties. A police officer is standing holding currency, and Raeeszada (son of a wealthy person) is throwing it at a dancer and singer,” mocked another user.

 

Known for his love of wearing heavy gold chains and keeping pet lions at home. Zameer- as per his official TikTok account- is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Chaudhary Textiles. He has 565K followers and 13.6 million likes on his TikTok account.

 

In 2021, Zameer was arrested by the Lahore Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) on charges of defrauding Turkish actor Engin Altan Duzyatan, who played the role of Ertugrul Ghazi in the historical drama series Dirilis: Ertugrul.

 

In a complaint filed against the TikToker, Duzyatan had accused Zameer of misusing him to earn illegal benefits. He also alleged that the suspect had issued him bogus cheques against agreements and defamed him by using his name and pictures without his permission for ulterior motives.

 

According to media reports, Duzyatan had travelled to Pakistan on the invitation of the suspect in December 2020 and signed a contract with him. He later found out that the suspect had sent him bogus cheques for payments.