Karachi police has began making raids to arrest the men from a land mafia who were seen beating up a woman after after she tried to visit her property.

The video seemingly shows a woman being violently attacked by men after visiting her own plot in Karachi’s Surjani Town.

The men in the video belong to the qabza mafia (land grabbers) who have forcibly taken control of the woman’s property.

The video, which went viral on social media, was recorded by the men themselves. THey can be heard laughing in the background as the inflict violence on the woman. They can be heard repeatedly asking the woman why she showed up at the property.

The woman, clad in jeans and abaya, can be heard appealing to the men to leave her alone and even says she is pregnant. However, she only manages to save herself by fleeing.

The men can be heard laughing and catcalling even as she escapes.

Karachi’s DIG west confirmed that the incident took place in Ajmer Goth in Surjani Town.

He added that the woman herself has not filed a complaint to the police so far. However, three of the men in the video have been identified and raids are being conducted to arrest them.

Complaints of land being forcibly taken over by organized groups are common in Karachi. People piece together money to buy properties in the areas on the outskirts of the city, only to find that someone has already taken control of their plots by force.