Karachi DHA assault case
The case came to light after a video showing the brutal assault of a young man in the upscale area of the metropolis sparked outrage on social media. The footage showed the victim being beaten with a baseball bat and pleading with his attackers for mercy as several men surrounded and assaulted him.
The incident prompted authorities to take action, with DIG South Zone Asad Raza appointing SSP District South as the inquiry officer and seeking a report. A day earlier, police arrested the two suspects.The suspects were produced today before the court. Jafri was represented by lawyers Talha Baloch and Usama Ali.During the hearing, the defence counsel claimed that the viral video of the incident had actually been created using Artificial Intelligence (AI). The lawyer also alleged that the victim was being pressured into having the case registered.
Jafri’s lawyers called for a forensic examination of the video of the suspects while the investigating officer sought the physical remand of the suspects.The court subsequently approved a three-day physical remand of Waqas and Ibrahim and handed them over to the police.
According to the police FIR the case was registered at Sahil Police Station on the complaint of the victim, Jafri, who nominated five suspects, including two unidentified individuals.The nominated suspects include Ali Faisal, Ibrahim Malik and Ibrahim, while provisions relating to harassment, kidnapping and threats to kill, among others, have been included in the case.In his statement to police, Jafri said he was a resident of Martin Quarters and an ACCA student. He said that on August 29, he went to a gaming zone in Bukhari Commercial with his friend Ali Faisal, where he met a man named Ibrahim for the first time.
FIR stated that after gaming, he said they went to a restaurant and that, at around 8pm, a vehicle arrived as they were leaving the restaurant; a man got out and struck him on the neck from behind with a baseball bat, causing him to become semi-conscious.Jafri, in the FIR, alleged that after regaining consciousness, Ibrahim and three of his associates forcibly put him in a vehicle and took him to an empty plot in Defence Phase 8 near Do Darya.According to his statement, the suspects allegedly assaulted him with baseball bats, humiliated him, pulled out his hair and put it in his mouth, while also recording a video of the incident.
Jafri further alleged that the suspects showed him pictures of his family and threatened that they would do the same to his family if he told anyone about the incident.He said the suspects struck his leg with a baseball bat while leaving, breaking the bat, and later took him in the vehicle and left him at Bukhari Commercial.He said the accused had uploaded a video of the victim being tortured on social media, prompting him and his lawyer to support and encourage the family to register an FIR.
“So, they gave them some confidence, and after that, they persuaded them to agree to register an FIR. Then the FIR was registered.”
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