Islamabad police have registered a case against seven foreign nationals on charges of assaulting local women and trespassing into a slum near Golra Police Station on Thursday.
According to reports, authorities booked the suspects under Section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), Section 452 (house trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint) and Section 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention).
Mohammad Khan, a resident of the slum at Chora Stop located one kilometer from the police station, filed the complaint. Police said the foreign nationals forcefully entered the slum, which comprises huts, and began filming the women living there.
The accused men allegedly attempted to take the women away by offering them money. Some residents spotted the foreigners, intercepted them and asked them to stop. The situation escalated into a physical confrontation during which one resident, Sikandar, sustained a head injury.
“We are poor people living in slums, due to which they take undue advantage and every day they beat up our women,” the FIR stated. The complaint further alleged that the men forcibly entered houses and assaulted the women.
A police official reportedly told a media outlet that officers have traced and identified the foreign nationals. The police called both the suspect and the aggrieved party to the station to settle the matter.