Lahore Chief Traffic Officer has suspended a traffic warden for snatching phone of a woman who was filming the traffic police officials as they beat up a motorcyclist in the provincial capital.
This incident filmed by the woman who claimed to be a media professional took place near MAO College, Rivaz Garden. In the video, two officials of the Lahore traffic police are seen manhandling a youth over alleged misbehaviour with a rickshaw driver.
The wardens also tried to snatch the mobile phone of the woman recording the incident. As a warden, who has now been suspended, tried to grab her phone, the woman resisted, saying she’s a media professional.
But the traffic warden managed to take away her phone, garnering an angry response from the woman, who can be seen wearing a black shirt in the video shot by another phone.
The woman lashed out at the police official and asked her what gave him the authority to censor her voice. The second warden was seen trying to calm the woman down but without any avail.
Taking notice of the incident, the Lahore CTO suspended the police official for snatching the phone of the woman. About the youth who was being beaten up by the traffic police officials, the wardens said that the youth tried to assault and misbehave with a rickshaw driver.
