A constable in Bahawalnagar was badly trashed after people caught him filming a woman in the bathroom. A neighbor recorded his video filming a woman in the bathroom.
The recorded viral video showed the police constable sneaked his hand from the bathroom window as he looked around trying not to be caught. The residents soon caught him and assaulted him for his depraved act.
Later, the cop claimed that he had suffered backbone injury meanwhile the residents urged the police team that reached later at the scene to check his film for the video as proof of his crime.
SP Investigation Bahawalnagar Farooq Ahmad Anwar while speaking to media said the police constable has been suspended and an FIR has been registered against him.
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The news has been circulating on social media with netizens calling for strict actions to be taken against the constable to set an example. The alarmed female social media users said that they are not safe even in the premises of their homes as potential predators will sneak there too.
Sexual offenses against women have been on the rise in Pakistan despite widespread calls and protests multiples times from civil society to take strict actions against the culprits.
Recently, Punjab Police had arrested a man filming videos of girls passing streets, without consent, on TikTok. The man posted the videos of the girls on the video-sharing app. Some of the videos showed him harassing the girls in the video.
The video showed him making lewd expressions at girls crossing the street without any fear. Social media activist-turned-anchorperson Maleeha Hashmey posted the video on her Twitter account and demanded the authorities to take action against the boys in the video.
She asserted that men like him make public spaces unsafe for women, forcing people to curb the freedom of their daughters and sisters.
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Some of them are not even allowed to attend schools and continue education as parents fear for the security and safety of their daughters while sending them out of their homes.
The video also initiated a heavy discourse on the outrageous act of enjoying public harassment of women. Netizens discussed possible causes of indecent behavior and how to make public spaces safe for women.