Lahore man who assaulted motorcyclist arrested.

LAHORE -- Lahore police on Sunday arrested the citizen who had assaulted a motorcyclist, and later pointed his gun at him, after a video of the incident went viral on social media.

Police traced Aqeel Mirza, the culprit, through his car's number plate which could be seen in the video. Law enforcement officials said that Mirza is a manager at a private bank.

According to police, the incident occurred at Lahore's Walton road.

Police raided the banker's residence but he had already fled his house after he saw the video of the assault on TV.

Law enforcement officials then traced the suspect through his mobile phone with the help of 'latest technology'.

In his statement, Mirza said that motorcyclist had collided with his car which he had bought a few days earlier. Mirza said that he got angry after the accident which led him to beat the rider.

Mirza added that he took out his pistol after the motorcyclist misbehaved with him.

Police said they had recovered the pistol used in the incident and were now searching for the citizen...

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