Friend accused of drugging, blackmail

RAWALPINDI:

A man has claimed that his friend drugged him and during his unconscious state, recorded immoral videos with women and was now blackmailing him.

According to Jatli police, Zubair Mirza said that Asad Ali is a relative and also a childhood friend. Mirza said that Asad Ali drugged him and he did not know what had happened during the time he was under the influence.

Sometime later, Ali started blackmailing him and told him about objectionable videos with different women, and that he was willing to post the clips on to the internet.

Ali and the women demanded a huge sum from Mirza. The suspects said they will go to Mirza’s village and tell his family and community about his videos as well if he did not pay.

“I was very upset and got blackmailed but the amount kept on increasing from Rs100,000 to Rs1.5 million,” Mirza told the police. Mirza said he has so far paid almost Rs6.8 million to the blackmailers.

Moreover, he has also suffered a stroke due to the drugs Ali gave to him. Police have registered a case and started an investigation.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 17^th, 2020.