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Rawalpindi Police Arrest Six After Gawalmandi Public Torture Video Surfaces

Anti-terrorism charges now apply following a police crackdown.

Overview

  • City Police registered the case after the footage spread online, saying no complaint had initially been filed by the victim.
  • Six suspects are in custody, including alleged ringleader Malik Junaid Zaheer, with others named as Rabnawaz, Yasir Khan, Faisal Masih, Sammar Abbas and Rohail Khokhar.
  • Prosecutors and senior officers expanded the FIR to include Anti-Terrorism Act sections 7 and 11-WW and Penal Code provisions covering unlawful confinement and making an obscene video.
  • Investigators say the victim, identified as Haris, was targeted after he opposed a scrap or used-items warehouse operating in his residential neighborhood.
  • Raids continue to locate remaining assailants, and police say the exact date of the assault has not yet been established.