LAHORE: Multan police claimed on Wednesday to have arrested a man allegedly involved in molesting a minor girl after a video of the incident went viral.

`The man who attempted to sexually assault a girl was arrested in an `injured` condition, according to a statement by the Crime Control Department (CCD) Multan issued on Wednesday.

The incident occurred on July is in Mustafa Colony, Rashidabad, within the limits of Bahauddin Zakaria (BZ) police station when `an unknown person tried to sexually assault a girl in the street and fled from the scene`.

A case was registered under Section 377B (unnatural offences with a minor) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) at the BZ police station and the investigation was handed over to CCD Multan.

The police received a tip-off about the suspect`s whereabouts and conducted a raid at an undisclosed location to arrest him. `The suspect attempting to evade arrest opened fire on the police team and in a hurry, accidentally fired and injured himself,` as per the statement. He was taken to Nishtar Hospital for medical treatment.

`Police identified him through the Criminal Record Office that he was the suspect who molested the minor girl,` the statement reads.

It added that the suspect`s criminal record revealed that he was nominated in a case for killing his brother in 2023. The case was registered under Section 302 (punishment for murder) at the BZ police station.Staff Reporter