Pak media tycoon thrashes Hindu man, lands in jail after video goes viral

Karachi-based media entrepreneur Salman Farooq and his armed bodyguards brutally assaulted a Hindu man while his sister kept pleading for mercy. A video of the road-rage incident went viral on social media and sparked massive outrage, leading to the arrests of Farooq and his accomplices.Following Farooq's arrest, the Hindu man's siblings' home was found locked, and the police are attempting to reach them by phone to record their statements.advertisementAccording to the FIR, the incident occurred on Sunday in Karachi's Defence Society.
The victim, identified as Sudhair Dhun Raj, was on his way to pick up his youngest sibling after picking up his sister Kalpana, who works at a beauty parlour, when his motorcycle lightly brushed against Farooq's car.Farooq and his armed guards brutally thrashed Raj, even after he apologised and Kalpana begged for mercy.In a widely-circulated video, Farooq, owner of Bionic Films, can be seen holding the hands of the man as his bodyguards, seated inside the vehicle, repeatedly slap him.Kalpana could be seen and heard pleading for mercy with folded hands, begging Farooq to stop beating her brother.Her pleas were ignored and Farooq continued to assault the man belonging to the minority community, according to a report in The Express Tribune, a Pakistan-based daily.advertisementThe video sparked widespread public outrage on social media, prompting law enforcement to take action against the media mogul.FAROOQ ARRESTED FOLLOWING FIR BY EYEWITNESSA senior police official confirmed that Farooq was arrested in connection with the public assault near the Ittehad area, according to the report. The FIR was lodged at the Gizri police station based on the complaint of an eyewitness, Muhammad Saleem.The FIR includes charges of issuing death threats, physical assault, harassment of a woman, and verbal abuse.Farooq allegedly ordered his armed guards and driver to trap the motorcyclist inside the vehicle at gunpoint, beat him, and hurled threats and abuse, The Express Tribune reported.According to a report by ARY News, a Pakistani news channel, the siblings' home is locked, and police are attempting to contact them by phone to record their statements in the case.A court on Tuesday granted a two-day physical remand of Salman Farooqi and another accused in the case, according to ARY News.

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