WATCH: ‘Harasser’ turns out to be Senate official

Capital Police booked the accused after video of him being grilled by a victim went viral on social media

ISLAMABAD:

A man, who was caught on camera allegedly harassing women in the federal capital, turned out to be an official of the Senate’s legislative branch. He was booked by Capital Police on Wednesday, a day after a video of the incident went viral on social media.

Kohsar police station registered a case against the accused in which anti-harassment provisions have been added. The police officials said that more facts will come to light after interrogation while adding that the affected women have also been contacted in this connection.

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Meanwhile, the suspect, identified as Azhar Siddique who is a Grade 18 officer serving in the Senate of Pakistan, has been suspended by the Senate Secretariat for four months.

The secretariat has issued a notification of Siddique’s suspension on Wednesday night, according to which the accused was suspended under Rule 5 (1) and (2) of the Civil Servants Rules 2020.

اطلاع ہے کہ اسلام آباد میں خواتین کو مارکیٹ میں چھیڑنے والا یہ شخص سینیٹ سیکرٹریٹ کا 18 ویں گریڈ کا افسر رانا اظہر ہے۔
اب تک اس کے خلاف کیا کارروائی ہوئی ہے؟@SenatePakistan @ICT_Police pic.twitter.com/BTn3vxMpE3

— Muhammad Umair (@MohUmair87) December 22, 2021

A video surfaced on social media yesterday in which a man was shown outside an ATM. It can be seen in the video that a woman kept asking the accused to show the video in which he had filmed her and other women, but the suspect fled the scene.

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The Capital Police took notice of the incident after the video went viral on social media.

The woman, who posted the video on social media, in her complaint to the police said that when she arrived at the ATM, the accused started making a video of her.

When I asked the person why he was making the video, he started apologising and confessed he wasfilming her and ran away.