ISLAMABAD — A 19-year-old farm worker was mauled to death by a lioness at a farmhouse in the Kahna area, prompting police to arrest the property owner and a TikToker who was reportedly visiting the premises to record a video. The victim, Talha, suffered fatal injuries when the lioness attacked him during the visit of TikToker Nauman.
The victim was rushed to a private hospital but succumbed to his injuries. Kahna police arrested the farmhouse owner, Fayyaz and the TikToker. The Punjab Wildlife Department took the lioness into custody, while the victim's body was shifted to a morgue for post-mortem examination.
DIG Operations Faisal Kamran said the suspects had allegedly attempted to conceal the circumstances surrounding the incident by initially claiming that the victim had been attacked by a dog. However, police inquiries had subsequently established that a lioness was involved. The police registered a case under Sections 289 and 322 of the Pakistan Penal Code and Sections 10-A and 12 of the Punjab Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Act, 1974.