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Man held for torturing female scooty rider in Lahore

Dawn24 October 2026, 04:12 UTCPakistan

LAHORE: The police on Friday claimed to have arrested a man who had allegedly tortured and injured a young woman riding a scooty on busy Mozang Link Road in the city. Identified as Ghulam Mustafa, the attacker was tracked down and arrested by the police with the help of data of dozens of the Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA) cameras, besides using traditional investigation techniques. He was sent behind the bars after being nominated in a criminal case. A CCTV footage of the incident, which took place late on Thursday, sparked widespread public outrage once footage was aired. The footage

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