INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Tourist harassing Kalash women in viral video traced: policeCHITRAL: A video making rounds on social media is
women as they tread past him expressing their displeasure at the unwanted advances being hurled their way by the tourist
The pestering man can be seen asking the women for pictures and making derogatory remarks that are followed by extreme indignation by the
trying our best to ferret out this man in the video
Local tourists are required to respect the cultural norms and sensitivity of the community
DPO @ChitralPolice has been contacted to further investigate in the matter
The DPO, however, said police were also considering inclusion of additional charges against him for impersonating as police.To a question,
he said that he had set up a special Women and Children Support Center in Chitral to prevent such incidents in an area visited by tens of
thousands of local and foreign tourists every year.He said that around 50 lady police officers were hired at one police station and there
years ago and was uploaded on 19th July 2016, as can been in the pictures attached below
This incident was not reported to the police by any of the women involved.2) SDPO and SHO have instructed the Bumburet police to trace
the women in the video and file an FIR against the man.3) An appeal has also been issued to the Cyber Crime Wing of FIA to assist in
tracing the social media profile that posted this video two years earlier.4) The man that can be seen in the video does not belong to
The suspect will be subject to sterner punishment if he turns out to be a police official.5) To eradicate incidents of sexual
harassment, a Women and Children Support Center has been formed in Chitral that will tend to all complaints regarding sexual misdemeanors.6)
7) In future circumstances regarding similar incidents, the anti-harassment units consisting of Kalash men and women by the police
force are to be informed.
