A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against an unidentified man for sexually harassing a minor girl as she was walking through the street in Multan’s Mustafa Colony.

 

According to the FIR registered on Tuesday at Bahauddin Zakariya Police Station, the complainant said he was on patrol when he saw a video on WhatsApp showing an unidentified man sexually harassing an eight or nine-year-old minor girl.

 

The FIR further read that the CCTV footage of the incident has been confiscated by police via USB, which would be sent to PFSA, adding, “An unidentified man sexually harassed a girl, committing an offence under Section 377-B.”

 

The FIR was registered after a video of the incident surfaced online. The footage shows two children passing through the street when a man appeared on the scene, grabbed the girl and kissed her on the face.

 

The footage also shows that when the other child, who appears to be a toddler, started crying, the man ran away, escaping the scene.

 

Earlier, Punjab Police arrested a man after footage showing him allegedly molesting a minor girl in Punjab’s Kasur district went viral online.

Man booked for sexually abusing minor girl outside her house in viral video

Kasur District Police Officer (DPO) Muhammad Isa Khan said in a statement that the suspect was arrested in an injured condition. “The suspect had molested a little girl playing in a street in Shah Inayat Colony three days ago,” he added.

 

The police said that the suspect was caught at Dhanpat Road where he pulled out a pistol to escape arrest. However, he was shot during a firing exchange and was arrested in an injured condition, which then shifted to Kasur District Hospital for treatment, the statement read.

 

Last year, around 3,364 child abuse cases were reported from across the country, according to a civil society report. The report, Cruel Numbers 2024, by Sahil was prepared based on data collected from 81 national and regional newspapers across the country.