GUJRAT: Police have booked on Sunday a man for recording the video of female passengers with his phone camera while traveling by a Green e-bus.
The case has been lodged with Gujrat city’scivil lines police station on the complaint of a Motor Vehicle Examiner, Syed Raza Haider. The suspect could not be arrested sofar.
The complainant said that an e-bus supervisor, Ghazanfar, had told him on phone about a passenger, Munawar Hussain, who allegedly recordedvideo of some young female passengers while traveling on a bus from Gujrat Lorry Adda to Daulat Nagar on August 1, 2026.
He added that the bus supervisor repeatedly warned the suspect against making video of female passengers, but he started hurling life threats at him.
Police have registered the case against the suspect under sections 506 and 186 of the Pakistan Penal Code and started investigation.
The Punjab government had initially launched 11 e-buses on two routes -GujratDaulat Nagar and GujratMungowal -on July 29.
At least 17 more buses will be added to the existing fieet, after which the service will be expanded to four more routes.
SHOT DEAD: A young fruit vendor was allegedly shot dead by an unidentified motorcyclist near a bank at canal bridge in the Saroki area in Industrial Estate police precincts late on Saturday night.
Complainant Saleem stated that an unidentified motorcyclist came to meet his brother Kaleem, who was a fruit vendor, around 8pm on August 1 to make a deal for the bulk purchase of fruit.
He said both kept discussing the deal for at least 90 minutes, after which the suspect shot Kaleem with a pistol before fleeing the scene.
As a result, Kaleem died on the spot.
On being informed of the incident, teams of police and the Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PFSA) reached the spot and collected evidence from the crime scene. The body was shifted to hospital for autopsy.
After autopsy the doctors handed over the body to the victim’s family.
The police have registered a case against the unidentified suspect under Section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code and started investigation.
Police say the motive behind the murder is yet to be ascertained as investigation is underway.