Investigators of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday visited the residence of the 42-year-old man who died by suicide at his residence in Rawalpindi a day earlier to collect evidence and interview the family.
Sources within the FIA said that investigators had taken into custody a voice message sent by Muhammad Masood to his wife before taking his own life. In it, he mentioned the pressure to pay the interest and loan amount as he was being threatened and blackmailed by personnel of the online loan app.
The three-member FIA team also took the mobile phone of the victim and also reviewed his emails, including the correspondence with the digital lender. They also recorded the statements of the deceased’s wife and brother.
The team also obtained details of the representatives of the online loan apps. The FIA team also collected details of the mobile numbers used to threaten the victim.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 13th, 2023.
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