VIDEO: Teenage girl abducted from DHA Lahore for ‘refusing marriage proposal’

A teenage girl was abducted from the posh Defence Housing Authority (DHA) area of Lahore and remains missing for over three weeks now, a viral video on social media has suggested.

According to journalist Murtaza Ali Shah, six armed men abducted 16-year-old Muskaan in broad daylight from Phase I of DHA Lahore on Feb 12.

“A 16-year-old girl was abducted by six armed men from DHA Lahore in broad daylight on Feb 12 and remains missing -- she was kidnapped after refusing the marriage proposal. Her family is in unbearable pain, pleading for Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz to take action. The family has given full details of the kidnappers to the police, but the police is not taking any action. The family has called on chief minister Punjab @maryamnawazofficial @govtofpunjabpk to look into this matter and rescue the young girl [sic],” the journalist wrote as he shared an undated video message from the purported victim’s father.

In the video message, the man who introduces himself as Raj Muhammad can be seen as claiming that armed men abducted his daughter while she was headed to a tuition centre with her brother on Feb 12, Wednesday.

“My daughter was headed to the academy [tuition centre] with my younger son when five to six men on a white car came and kidnapped her on gunpoint,” Muhammad said. He then goes on to say that his daughter has been missing since, and pleads to authorities, including the Punjab chief executive, for immediate recovery of the minor.

While there hasn’t been an official statement on the case as of yet, a viral CCTV footage is also widely being shared with unverified claims, allegedly showing how the abduction unfolded.

It merits a mention that this is the second incident of its kind over the past couple of weeks as a 17-year-old girl was also allegedly abducted by unidentified individuals in the South Cantt area of Lahore in late January.

The police had registered a case, launching efforts to recover the girl and apprehend the suspects.

Police said the victim, identified as Huma, a resident of North Cantt, went missing under mysterious circumstances while on her way to the market.

The girl’s brother, Bilal, had filed a complaint, stating that she left home for shopping but did not return. He suspected that unidentified persons abducted her from the market.