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A video of a girl being tortured by her classmates at an elite private school in Lahore has gone viral on social media, prompting authorities to take notice and launch an investigation. The video, which has been shared multiple times on Twitter, shows three teens holding her classmate by her hair and pinning her to the ground. The group is heard verbally abusing the alleged victim and telling her to “apologize.” Another girl is also seen kicking the girl’s forehead, while another is seen recording a video of the episode on her mobile phone.
Taking to Twitter, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) member Maheen Faisal shared the video with the caption: “Absolutely disgusted by this. Scenes from Scarsdale American International School in defense of Lahore where students allegedly assaulted a fellow student for refusing to drink This is unacceptable, I hope serious action has been taken against the girls.”
According to Dawn, the incident took place on January 16 at the American International School, located in the Defense Housing Authority (DHA) Block BB.
NDTV cannot independently verify the authenticity of this video.
In response to the viral clip, the official account of the Lahore Capital City Police said that a case has been registered and an investigation into the incident has also been launched.
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Separately, according to the Express Tribune, an FIR (first information report) was registered on the complaint from the victim’s father, Imran Younis. He claimed that her daughter was beaten by three of her classmates after she refused to take drugs from them.
In the FIR, the father claimed that one of the girls was a boxer and hit his daughter in the face while another kicked her, causing injuries to her face. He claimed that his daughter was traumatized after the attack and that the now-viral video caused even more mental torture for him and his family.
Regarding the reason for the attack on his daughter, Imran said that the main suspect was a drug addict who “had offered my daughter a dose of a drug to inhale at school, which she refused to do.” He also alleged that the attackers took a gold chain and a locket from her daughter during the attack.
According to the outlet, the father approached the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to take action against those who uploaded the video clip of the assault on his daughter on social networks.
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