Court sentences man to 17 months prison for sexual harassment

FIA Cyber Crime Circle spokesperson says offender shared objectionable photos of a woman on social media

FAISLABAD:

A court in Faisalabad on Saturday sentenced an accused, Majid Zia, to 17 months imprisonment for sexual harassment. 

The additional sessions judge also imposed a fine of Rs1.5 million on the convict in addition to the prison sentence. 

The case was registered by the FIA's Cyber Crime Circle and action was taken against the convict under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016.

According to the FIA spokesperson, Majid had shared objectionable photos of a woman on social media in 2022.

A day earlier, a medical student who was allegedly kidnapped, tortured and filmed by the family of an industrialist submitted a plea for action against two women over what she called ‘character assassination’ and harassment on social media.

Khadija Ghafoor submitted her application to the police, the court and Faislabad commissioner through her lawyer Rana Muhammad Sikandar Hayat Bhatti.

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She stated in the application that she had registered cases in Police Station Women and Police Station Cyber Crime Wing Circle, which are being heard in the court of Additional and Sessions Judge Rana Saeed.

The application further stated that Sheikh Danish and the other accused were influential people and have political influence in Faisalabad district.

Anna Ali Sheikh, daughter of Sheikh Danish and Zara Shakur, threatened to kill Khadija over not reconciling the case and took to social media. Police officers are investigating the matter.

In August of last year, video footage of Khadija being tortured by Sheikh Danish and his family went viral on social media.

Allegedly, Danish and five other suspects kidnapped and tortured Khadija. Police took action against the six suspects after the footage spread like wildfire on social media.