TikTok friendship ends in assault

RAWALPINDI:

A young man paid a heavy price for a friendship formed on TikTok in the jurisdiction of the Rawat Police Station. The man had allegedly been summoned by a friend on TikTok to a meeting point, where he was subjected to sexual assault by five individuals who also recorded and threatened him. The police have registered a case and initiated an investigation.

According to the police, the victim, Majid Hussain, stated that he is friends with Muhammad Sufian Asad. He reported that he received a message from Sufian's TikTok account asking him to come to Dawari Road.

Hussain said when he reached the designated point, the accused, Hamza, Zain-ul-Abideen, Hussain Ali, Tayyab Khan and Saad were waiting for him there. He stated that they seized him, took him off the main road and to the side, and demanded to know what he had been messaging Sufian about. They then allegedly began beating and kicking him.

He accused them of seizing his mobile phone, forcing him to unlock it and deleting his data before returning it to him. He also alleged that they stripped him naked and that Zain-ul-Abideen sat on his chest, while Hamza and Tayyab recorded a compromising video of him.