Eve-teasing: Armed men abduct, humiliate school guard

The victim’s face was blackened and he was paraded before residents of Chak 220-JB.

FAISALABAD:

Police said on Friday three men had shaved the head, eyebrows and moustache of a watchman after he had told them off for teasing schoolgirls in Langrana.

They said the men had also painted his face black and paraded him in Chak 220-JB. They said Shaukat Ali, a school guard, had admonished Tahir Khan, Asif Noor and Nawaz Ahmed for harassing girls.

The men had then overpowered Ali and taken him to their dera where they shaved his head, eyebrows and moustache. Police said they had then paraded him in Chak 220-JB.

Rafaqat Ali, an uncle of the victim, said the men had been teasing girls as they were leaving the school. Ali said he had told the men to refrain from teasing the schoolgirls and told them to stay away from the school. Ali said the men had gotten incensed and threatened him with dire consequences.

Ali said the men had returned later and beaten him. Ali said Zulfiquar Khan, Tahir’s father and the culprits had abducted the victim and had taken him to their dera in Chak 220-JB. Ali said they had again beaten him at their dera and had blackened his face and shaved his head, eyebrows and moustache.

Ali said the culprits had then painted the victim’s face black and had paraded him before the residents of Chak 220-JB. Ali said they had publicly humiliated the victim.

Ali said the men had also made a video recording of their antics. Ali said they had warned the victim with dire consequences if he tried to initiate action against them.

Speaking to The Express Tribune, Langrana station house officer (SHO) said a case had been registered against the culprits and a police team had been constituted to arrest the absconding men. He said the police had arrested Nazar Khan, a cousin of Tahir Khan, to trace and arrest the absconding men. Published in The Express Tribune, August 30^th, 2014.