OKARA: A man was arrested on Saturday for torturing three minors after a video of the incident surfaced on social media.
The suspect, Yaqoob – who is a close relative of the minors — is seen in the video as tying the children upside down and thrashing them repeatedly with a shoe.
Police said that the man beat up the minors as they requested him to take them to their mother.
After the video of the incident surfaced on social media, police arrested the culprit from his home while the incident also attracted the attention Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar who took notice of the incident and ordered the district administration to submit a report in this regard.
Police have said that the accused has admitted to physically assaulting the children.
