Pakistan, May 3 -- A judicial magistrate on Saturday granted bail to a serving police officer's son, who was arrested in Karachi's Defence Housing Authority (DHA) following a heated argument with officials for having a police number plate on a private luxury vehicle.

A video of the man, identified as the son of Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Nasim Ara Panhwar, arguing with policemen had gone viral on social media. He was released from custody late on Friday night on personal surety, police sources said.

A first information report (FIR) was registered against the suspect by the Defence police on Friday on the complaint of Sub-Inspector Shazan Shakeel. It invoked sections 353 (assault or criminal force to deter a public servant fro...