Three held in Haripur for harassing woman

HARIPUR: Police claimed to have arrested three persons including a car driver for harassing a young woman here on Thursday.

City police quoted a woman in her twenties as saying that she booked a motorcar for Islamabad and was on the way when on GT Road, the driver stopped the car and two unidentified persons got on the vehicle despite her objection.

She said that after covering a small distance, both the men and driver stopped the car and started harassing her sexually. They also made her footage and left her injured when she attempted to resist, she added.

The woman said that the men dropped her back near her home the same evening. She lodged a complaint with police. Police arrested Zakariya, Shafiq Shah and Usman Khalid and registered FIR against them under sections 354, 342 and 506 of Pakistan Panel Code.

Source: Dawn