ISLAMABAD: A drunk foreign ‘diplomat’ and his friends were booked for sexually harassing a girl in front of her father and threatening them in market, police said.
The incident took place in F-11 Markaz on Wednesday when a self-claimed diplomat touched a girl inappropriately even though father of the girl asked him not to behave like this.
Shalimar police have registered a case in response to a complaint lodged by the victim, but did not disclose the identity of an Arab country’s embassy staff members involved in this harassment case.
According to the FIR, the suspect, who claimed to be a diplomat of an Arab country, was intoxicated when he sexually harassed a girl in front of the victim’s father and the shopkeepers.
When the victim called police, the man along with his two friends ran towards a car, nonetheless. they were stopped by people in the market who had witnessed the incident. Police reached the spot and shifted the accused to the Shalimar police station. According to the FIR, the accused kept on saying that he was a diplomat of an Arab country and even threatened the girl at the police station.
When contacted, the investigating officer Nasarullah, said one of the three persons had been arrested in connection with the harassment case.
When the officer was asked about nationality of the accused, Mr Nasarullah expressed his ignorance and said he did not ask him. When he was asked what position he held in the embassy, the police official said the man, who was arrested by the police, was not a diplomat.
The head of the Police Public Relations Branch said he was waiting for a feedback from the deputy inspector general of police security in this case.
