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Karachi police on Friday arrested a man for sexually harassing and groping a woman in Karachi\u2019s Samanabad area.<\/p>\n
The incident, which was caught on CCTV camera, shows a man walking down a lane before he grabs a passerby woman.<\/p>\n
The video sparked outrage on social media as people demanded the immediate arrest of the suspect.<\/p>\n
In a statement released today, District Central Police said the suspect had been apprehended. \u201cHe hails from Bhingoria Goth, Azizabad area, and operates a mobile bakery service using his motorcycle,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe suspect had abandoned his motorcycle at the crime scene before fleeing,\u201d the statement said, adding that further investigation into the case was underway.<\/p>\n
It further stated that a first information report of the incident was registered on behalf of the police.<\/p>\n
The FIR, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com<\/em>, invokes sections 294 (obscene acts and songs) and 354 (assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the Pakistan Penal Code.<\/p>\n It said the incident occurred on Oct 5. The complainant stated in the FIR that the suspect was identified as Asif Ali, adding that the police arrested him on a tip-off.<\/p>\n In a similar incident earlier this month, a video<\/a> began circulating on social media, showing a man on a motorcycle exposing himself to female university students on one of the city\u2019s prominent roads. Subsequently, Sindh Inspector General (IG) of Police, Riffat Mukhtar, took notice of the incident and sought a detailed report on the matter.<\/p>\n Previously, a disturbing video clip of a man exposing himself and assaulting<\/a> a woman in broad daylight in Gulistan-i-Jauhar had gone viral on social media in July, prompting the police to take notice.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n