SIALKOT (Voice of Russia): In Sialkot, a city in Pakistan’s Punjab province, a stampede during the mehndi ceremony of renowned TikToker Ansar Mahmood Jatt, better known as Mr Patlo, left two people dead and several injured. Police have registered a case against nine named and 45 unidentified persons, including Mr Patlo, his brother and the event organisers, under various legal provisions, and arrested six accused.<\/p>\n
The incident took place at Faraz Cricket Ground on Daska Road in Sialkot, where a programme of mehndi and prize distribution was organised as part of the renowned TikToker’s wedding celebrations.<\/p>\n
According to the FIR registered on October 31 on the complaint of the police, the event organisers had invited citizens through social media by announcing a lucky draw for a car, motorcycles and other valuable prizes, as a result of which a large number of people from Sialkot and various cities of Punjab reached the ground.<\/p>\n
The FIR alleges that during the event, Mr Patlo came on stage and asked people through the microphone to enter the ground immediately, after which a large number of participants tried to enter at the same time.<\/p>\n
During this, severe pushing and a stampede occurred. Several people fell to the ground and some were crushed under the crowd’s feet.<\/p>\n
In the incident, a citizen named Aqeel died while 18 people were injured. Rescue 1122 and police teams reached the spot and started relief operations, shifting the injured to Allama Iqbal Memorial Teaching Hospital and various other medical centres.<\/p>\n
According to fresh information that emerged on November 1, Rehan, who was among the injured, also succumbed to his injuries in Lahore, after which the death toll in the incident rose to two.<\/p>\n
What charges have been imposed against Mr Patlo?<\/strong><\/p>\n In the FIR registered by the police, sections 322, 431, 440, 188, 109, 148 and 149 of the Pakistan Penal Code have been included against TikToker Mr Patlo and other named accused.<\/p>\n In addition, Section 16 of the Punjab Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance 1960 is also included in the case.<\/p>\n The case includes charges related to culpable homicide, violation of official orders, obstruction of public routes, damage to property, abetment of crime and unlawful assembly.<\/p>\n According to the FIR, the event organisers are also accused of violating safety arrangements and the conditions of the permission.<\/p>\n Apart from Mr Patlo, police have also named his brother Kashif, cricket ground owner Haji Shahid Javed and other persons associated with the event arrangements in the case.<\/p>\n According to police officials, six persons have been arrested while operations are under way to arrest other wanted persons, including Mr Patlo.<\/p>\n The administration had already cancelled the event’s permission<\/strong><\/p>\n The Sialkot district administration has revealed that the permission issued for the mehndi ceremony had been cancelled before the programme even started.<\/p>\n According to the district administration’s spokesperson, the organisers had been given conditional permission to hold a private event on Daska Road, and the programme was to start after Isha prayers.<\/p>\n However, by around 4 pm, reports of violations of arrangements and permission conditions began to arrive, after which the deputy commissioner cancelled the NOC.<\/p>\n Despite this, a large number of people gathered at the venue and kept trying to enter the ground to obtain prizes.<\/p>\n Initial investigations have also revealed that publicity of cars, motorcycles and other valuable gifts on social media had attracted a large number of people to the event.<\/p>\n Traffic affected on Daska-Sialkot Road after the stampede<\/strong><\/p>\n According to police, after the incident, traffic flow on Daska-Sialkot Road was severely affected, while reports of rioting by the crowd and damage to some properties also emerged.<\/p>\n Sialkot District Police Officer Captain (retired) Dost Muhammad reached the spot along with police personnel and reviewed the relief operations and the law and order situation.<\/p>\n Police officials said that protecting the lives and property of citizens is the top priority and action will be taken against those responsible for negligence in the event’s safety arrangements or violation of the law.<\/p>\n According to rescue officials, the injured belonged not only to Sialkot but also to Gujranwala, Narowal, Sheikhupura, Khanewal, Gujarat and other areas of Punjab.<\/p>\n Who is Mr Patlo?<\/strong><\/p>\n Mr Patlo’s real name is said to be Ansar Mahmood Jatt, and he is counted among Pakistan’s renowned TikTok live hosts.<\/p>\n He gained fame through live broadcasts on TikTok, conversations with fans and live gifting. He has millions of followers on social media.<\/p>\n Mr Patlo was also sharing photos and videos of his wedding ceremonies on social media.<\/p>\n According to information that emerged after the incident, he also announced the postponement of his remaining wedding ceremonies.<\/p>\n Police have started investigating the incident, and the responsibility of the organisers, safety arrangements, announcements made to the crowd and violations of the permission are being examined.<\/p>\n The final legal status of the charges in the case registered by the police will be determined after investigation and court proceedings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SIALKOT (Voice of Russia): In Sialkot, a city in Pakistan’s Punjab province, a stampede during the mehndi ceremony<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-pakistan-news"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/vor-mr-patlo.jpg",1672,941,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/vor-mr-patlo-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/vor-mr-patlo-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/vor-mr-patlo-768x432.jpg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/vor-mr-patlo-1024x576.jpg",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/vor-mr-patlo-1536x864.jpg",1536,864,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/vor-mr-patlo.jpg",1672,941,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/vor-mr-patlo-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/vor-mr-patlo-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"Breaking<\/a> Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2447,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444\/revisions\/2447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofrussia.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}