LAHORE: A sessions court on Saturday granted post-arrest bail to a suspect in the case of assault on TikToker Ayesha Akram at the Minar-i-Pakistan.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Ikhlaq Ahmad allowed the bail petition of suspect, Saddam Hussain, subject to surety bonds of Rs100,000.

The suspect was accused of playing a key role in blackmail and assault of Ayesha Akram in connivance with principal suspect Amir Sohail alias Rambo.

A counsel, on behalf of Saddam, argued that police had implicated his client in the case without probing the facts. He said the petitioner had no role in the assault.

Lorry Adda had registered the case against 400 unidentified people for assaulting Ayesha, molesting her and stripping her. Police later arrested Ayesha’s associate, Rambo, after she accused him of blackmail.

Rambo’s bail petition is still pending before the court. He claimed that it was the woman who had been blackmailing him. He alleged that the TikToker had implicated him in the FIR after he refused her idea of minting money from the arrested persons for their release.

Published in Dawn, January 30th, 2022