The Islamabad police arrested the main suspect in the case of murder of the influence of 17 -year -old social networks, Sana Yousaf, a day after he was shot dead at his home, according to Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi.
A first information report (FIR) was presented last night at the Sumbal Police Station against an unidentified man on the complaint of Sana’s mother, Farzana Yousaf, invoking section 302 (intentional murder) of the Pakistan Criminal Code (PPC).
The teenager was known for her activities on social networks, with almost 800,000 followers in her Tiktok account and almost 500,000 on her Instagram account.
“Well done, the Islamabad police. Healthy Yousaf Murder Case Tracado, the defendant arrested and the weapon recovered in 20 hours,” Naqvi published in X.
“The incident occurred yesterday in Islamabad when a young woman was killed by a masked defendant,” said the minister, added that the suspect was arrested around 12 pm
Naqvi declared that the police have recovered the man’s gun and mobile phone used by the murdered girl. The suspect has confessed the murder, he added.
In the FIR, a copy of which is available with Dawn.comThe mother said that a man with a gun in her hand suddenly entered her house around 5 pm and “shot my daughter directly with the intention of killing.”
He added that two shots hit healthy in his chest, wounding her severely. The girl was taken to a hospital, but had succumbed to her wounds, added the FIR.
The mother described the suspect as having an “intelligent, moderate physical and height” appearance, and dressed in a black shirt and pants. She said she and her sister -in -law, Lateefa Shah, were eyewitnesses of the incident and could identify the suspect if they saw him in person.
Farzana explained that her 15 -year -old son was not present at home, since she had gone to her hometown in the high Chitral, while her sister -in -law visited them for a few days.
In January, a man who recently brought his family to Quetta from the United States confessed to shooting his 15 -year -old daughter, motivated by his disapproval of his Tiktok content, according to the police.
The same month, two men from Tiktoker died in separate incidents in Lahore after their guns accidentally fired in Lahore.
More than 54 million people use Tiktok in Pakistan, with the authorities blocking the application of video exchange several times in recent years about the content considered objectable.
The platform was prohibited four times only in 2021. It is currently accessible, with a strict moderation and complying with applications to eliminate some content.
