Man arrested for blackmailing girl into having illicit relationship

The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Cyber Crime Wing on Thursday arrested a man in Rawalpindi for allegedly blackmailing his female friend into having an illicit relationship with him by threatening to upload inappropriate videos and pictures of her on social media.

According to the FIA officials, the victim, a resident of small village in district Jehlum, told the cybercrime cell that the accused, Shiraz Ayaz Khan who hailing from Rawalpindi, maliciously made inappropriate videos and photos of her, forcing her to live with him.

The victim in her complaint claimed that the accused sent obscene videos of her on WhatsApp and threatened to make them viral on social media if she did not comply.

On the girl's complaint, FIA’s cybercrime team apprehended the accused near Mandi Mor, Islamabad when he arrived there to pick her up.

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Officials said that they have seized the mobile phone from the accused and also booked him under the Electronic Crime Act.

They said that the accused also extorted Rs50,000 from the victim.

Earlier this month, a local court in Rawalpindi sentenced a couple to life and death for kidnapping, sexually assaulting, blackmailing and also recording inappropriate videos of dozens of girls.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Jahangir Gondal awarded death sentence to Qasim Jahangir over rape and recording inappropriate videos while also announcing three-year imprisonment and a total of Rs2.5 million fine.

Convict’s wife Kiran Jahangir was sentenced to life along with a fine of one million rupees.

The couple confessed to the sexual assault of 45 girls, taking their photographs and making inappropriate videos of at least 10 victims.