KARACHI: A video went viral like a wildfire on internet in Pakistan as well as abroad shows a woman and a male member of her family assaulting a police officer near PIDC Karachi.
Reports gathered by MM News revealed that the incident took place when the woman’s car was intercepted by DSP Traffic Ishtiaq Hussain Arain for violating traffic laws, allegedly having illegal ‘fancy registration number plate’, near PIDC in Karachi. The woman, who was with a male member of family, became abusive and physically aggressive towards the officer. She even slapped him when he tried to stop her from leaving the scene.
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A case has been filed after SSP South Asad Raza took notice of the incident. The FIR, filed at the Civil Lines Police Station Karachi, included provisions of interference with traffic laws and violation of traffic rules.
According to the FIR, the woman Anam and her brother Asad have been named in the case.
The FIR stated that the police officer stood at the PIDC post due to VVIP movement around 9am. The woman’s vehicle was stopped for breaking the signal and being reckless, the FIR added.
The FIR states, “The policeman was talking to the driver (her husband) when the woman got out of her car and misbehaved with the policeman.
“The woman abused and slapped the DSP Traffic,” it added.
The woman, along with her husband, assaulted the DSP Traffic after she was stopped near PIDC Karachi on a spat over traffic flow.
The FIR read that the woman, along with her brother who claimed to be a law enforcement officer, came to the police station and threatened the DSP and other staff.
The police say that an investigation has begun after the filing of the case and the woman and her brother would soon be arrested.
In the video of the incident – that went viral over social media – the woman could be seen getting off her car and misbehaving with the police officer. The woman later resorts to pushing the law enforcer and trying to flee the area. However, in the video, she is seen slapping the DSP Traffic when he tries to stop her.
The woman reportedly works at PNS Shifa hospital, and her brother Asad is a high-rank armed forces officer.
