We searched on Google with keywords “maulvi bus harass girl” and found an article published by Pakistan-based media outlet The Express Tribune, in 2019.
The article mentioned that the incident took place on a bus from Multan to Islamabad.
Pakistan’s newspaper Dawn, too, reported on the incident then and mentioned that the woman reportedly had a medical condition that numbed the sensation in her back because of which, at first, she didn’t realise what was happening.
It was only when someone tried to remove her dupatta, she realised that someone was molesting her.
The Times of India, too, had published an article on the said incident in 2019.
Evidently, an old incident from Pakistan has been revived in India without giving the required context.
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