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A video of an accident involving actor Angeline Malik at Seaview on August 28 went viral on social media, prompting the police to issue a clarification on Friday that the matter was resolved amicably between the actor and the complainant.

South DIG Syed Asad Raza said that the actor was driving her double cabin vehicle when its tyre burst on Seaview Road near Nishan-i-Pakistan on Wednesday evening. She lost control of the vehicle and hit a rickshaw and car. As a result, the rickshaw driver suffered minor injuries while both cars sustained minor damages, according to the police.

The DIG said a mob gathered there as ‘sensitivity’ has heightened after the Karsaz accident in which a man and his young daughter were killed by woman driving an SUV. Video footage of Malik’s incident showed a mob forming around her vehicle, opening her doors and grabbing her mobile phone. In the footage, Malik repeatedly asks the crowd for her phone back and members of the mob call for her to get out of the vehicle.

The police office said the authorities rushed to the spot and controlled the situation. He said both parties were brought to the Darakshan police station where they reached a compromise, thus the matter was resolved “amicably”.

“The complainant rickshaw driver did not press charges against the actor as she paid compensation for damages and treatment of injuries,” said DIG Raza. No case was registered.