ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police have registered an FIR against a grade-18 Senate employee, Rana Izhar, for filming and harassing two young girls at an ATM near the F-5 Markaz in Islamabad after a video of the incident became viral on social media.
In the video clip, a man, dressed in a red hoodie and grey sweatpants, can be seen with his mobile phone. The woman who was filming him asked Izhar why he was harassing them. The man mumbled a sorry and fled from the scene.
Another woman can be heard in the video as well. She tells Izhar she is calling the police after which he ran away and while a woman is chasing him.
According to the police, Izhar is an officer of 18 grade in the Senate. On Tuesday, an FIR was registered against him at the Kohsar police station under sections 354 (assaulting or using criminal force against a woman and stripping her of her clothes) and 509 (insulting modesty or sexual harassment) of the Pakistan Penal Code.
The statements of the women have been recorded and a USB containing the video has been obtained. The police have begun a search operation to arrest the man as soon as possible.
