Lahore (September 07, 2018): Police claimed to have arrested the two shopkeepers over beating women for alleged stealing from their cloth shop in Batapur area of Lahore.
Police said the investigation is underway from suspects Adnan and Ijaz. A case was earlier registered against the two suspects, police added.
The two men are seen in a video slapping and punching the women. One of them also uses a cane to assault the women. A third man is seen standing behind the other two, as the women scream and try to protect themselves.
According to reports, the women were also taken to the back of the shop and beaten. A local shopkeeper identified the man with the cane as Ijaz, a garment shop owner and head of the Kabbadi Association.
The shopkeeper told the journalists, Ijaz beat the women alleging that they stole a bundle of clothes worth over Rs10,000 from his shop. Another man seen beating the women is the one who claimed the women stole bed sheets from his shop.
Earlier, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar had taken notice of the incident and summoned a report from the inspector general of Punjab.
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