Harassment accused remanded in Karachi

KARACHI:

A Karachi local court remanded on Tuesday a National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) employee accused of harassing a woman.

Mairaj, an employee of the National Database and Registration Authority, was produced before the court.

The investigation officer stated that Mairaj works in NADRA’s data entry department.

The accused uses mobile numbers registered with the regulatory body to contact women and send illicit content to them, said the IO.

Following which, the court sent Mairaj to jail on judicial remand and sought the case challan from the IO in two weeks.

According to police, the complaint was filed by the husband of one of the women Mairaj harassed.

The complainant handed Mairaj over to the police and has provided evidence of obscene content sent by the accused.

PTI leaders protested in reaction to the arrest and declared the act tantamount to political victimisation.

“The action was taken because Shaikh has exposed PPP’s corruption and bad governance. This all is being done by the CM himself, he dictated the police to take such action,” alleged PTI’s Khurrum Sher Zaman while addressing a joint press conference flanked by other leaders. The PTI leaders said they would approach the court for Shaikh’s bail.

Reports circulated that two FIRs may be lodged against Shaikh - one pertaining to interfering with the polling process and another on the complaint of PPP leaders, who alleged that their party workers were shot and injured.

According to police, Shaikh will be produced before the court for remand on Wednesday.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 17^th, 2021.