CHITRAL: Police have arrested a man after his video went viral on social media in which he is seen torturing a young man for committing larceny in Chitral.
The victim was alleged of stealing hens, thence he was tied with a tree upside-down and beaten with a stick. The other local residents are seen trying to protect the victim.
DPO Chitral Sonia Shamroze said that an FIR had been lodged against the man torturing the youth. She said that nobody would be allowed to take the law into hands.
In a statement, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa IG police said that the incident would be investigated from every aspect and action would be taken against those who would have abetted in the torture.
